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A 22-watt mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator with V-shaped 3-mirror ring resonatorLippert et al., 2010
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- Lippert E
- Fonnum H
- Arisholm G
- Stenersen K
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We report on a ZnGeP_2-based optical parametric oscillator (OPO) with 22 W of output power in the 3-5 µm range and a beam quality factor M^ 2≈ 1.4. The OPO uses a novel V- shaped 3-mirror ring resonator that allows two passes of the beams through the same …
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