Investigations on beam quality improvement of an NCPM-KTA-based high energy optical parametric oscillator using an unstable resonator with a Gaussian reflectivity mirror [Invited]

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

doi:10.3788/COL202220.091401

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 20, Issue 9, 091401(2022)

Investigations on beam quality improvement of an NCPM-KTA-based high energy optical parametric oscillator using an unstable resonator with a Gaussian reflectivity mirror [Invited]

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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Paper Information

Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

Received: Apr. 4, 2022

Accepted: May. 13, 2022

Published Online: Jun. 16, 2022

The Author Email: Zhaojun Liu (zhaojunliu@sdu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202220.091401

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