Actively‐Passively Doubly‐<i>Q</i>‐Switched MgO<bold>∶</bold>PPLN Intracavity Mid‐Infrared Optical Parametric Oscillator

Miaoxin Wu; Xiaoping Jin; Xiaodai Yao; Hang Liu; Yongji Yu; Zhongyu Liu; Guangyong Jin

doi:10.3788/CJL240580

Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 51, Issue 14, 1401013(2024)

Actively‐Passively Doubly‐Q‐Switched MgO∶PPLN Intracavity Mid‐Infrared Optical Parametric Oscillator

Miaoxin Wu^1,2, Xiaoping Jin³, Xiaodai Yao^1,2, Hang Liu^1,2, Yongji Yu^1,2、*, Zhongyu Liu^4、**, and Guangyong Jin²

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¹Chongqing Research Institute, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Chongqing 401135, China

²Jilin Key Laboratory of Solid Laser Technology and Application, School of Physics, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, Jilin , China

³Shanghai Aerospace System Engineering, Shanghai 201109, China

⁴Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, Jilin , China

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Paper Information

Category: laser devices and laser physics

Received: Feb. 5, 2024

Accepted: Mar. 27, 2024

Published Online: Jul. 2, 2024

The Author Email: Yu Yongji (yyjcust@163.com), Liu Zhongyu (liuzhongyu@ciomp.ac.cn)

DOI:10.3788/CJL240580

CSTR:32183.14.CJL240580

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