Generation of tuneable 589nm radiation as a Na guide star source using an optical parametric amplifier

Malte Duering; Vesselin Kolev; Barry Luther-Davies

doi:10.1364/OE.17.000437

Generation of tuneable 589nm radiation as a Na guide star source using an optical parametric amplifier

Malte Duering^*, Vesselin Kolev, Barry Luther-Davies

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We describe a 5.5W 589nm source based on a passively mode-locked Nd:YVO₄ laser and a multi-stage Lithium Triborate optical parametric amplifier seeded by a tuneable semiconductor laser. We show this system can produce rapidly tuneable, transform-limited pulses in near diffraction-limited beams at 589nm, useful for Na guide star applications. The attraction of this scheme is that it can be assembled from commercially available hardware and is readily scalable to high average powers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	437-446
Number of pages	10
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	17
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.000437
Publication status	Published - 19 Jan 2009

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