Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 48, Issue 5, 0501015(2021)

Miniaturized Widely Tunable MgO∶PPLN Nanosecond Optical Parametric Oscillator

Feifei Wang1, Hongkun Nie1, Junting Liu1, Kejian Yang1,2, Baitao Zhang1,2、*, and Jingliang He1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Institute of Novel Semiconductors, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Laser & Infrared System, Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China;
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    Feifei Wang, Hongkun Nie, Junting Liu, Kejian Yang, Baitao Zhang, Jingliang He. Miniaturized Widely Tunable MgO∶PPLN Nanosecond Optical Parametric Oscillator[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2021, 48(5): 0501015

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    Paper Information

    Category: laser devices and laser physics

    Received: Nov. 3, 2020

    Accepted: Dec. 14, 2020

    Published Online: Mar. 12, 2021

    The Author Email: Zhang Baitao (btzhang@sdu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL202148.0501015

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