Beam quality improvement of the high-energy KTA-OPO based on a confocal unstable cavity with Gaussian reflectivity mirror

Jun Meng; Chen Li; Zhenhua Cong; Zhigang Zhao; Shang Wang; Gaoyou Liu; Zhaojun Liu

doi:10.3788/COL202321.051401

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 5, 051401(2023)

Beam quality improvement of the high-energy KTA-OPO based on a confocal unstable cavity with Gaussian reflectivity mirror

Jun Meng¹, Chen Li¹, Zhenhua Cong^1,2,3, Zhigang Zhao^1,2,3, Shang Wang³, Gaoyou Liu^2,3,4、*, and Zhaojun Liu^1,2,3

Author Affiliations

¹School of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China

²Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Laser Technology and Application, Qingdao 266237, China

³Key Laboratory of Laser & Infrared System (Shandong University), Ministry of Education, Qingdao 266237, China

⁴Center for Optics Research and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China

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Jun Meng, Chen Li, Zhenhua Cong, Zhigang Zhao, Shang Wang, Gaoyou Liu, Zhaojun Liu, "Beam quality improvement of the high-energy KTA-OPO based on a confocal unstable cavity with Gaussian reflectivity mirror," Chin. Opt. Lett. 21, 051401 (2023)

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

Received: Oct. 20, 2022

Accepted: Jan. 17, 2023

Published Online: May. 23, 2023

The Author Email: Gaoyou Liu (liugaoyou@sdu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202321.051401

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