%0 Journal Article %T Efficient Compound-Cavity Eye-Safe KTP OPO at 1.57 μupm Pumped by an Electro-Optic Q-Switched Nd:YAG Laser %J 中国物理快报 %D 2009 %I %X An efficient high-energy eye-safe optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on a type-II non-critically phase-matched KTP crystal is demonstrated. The KTP OPO is pumped by a quasi-cw diode side-pumped electro-optic Q-switched Nd:YAG laser in a compound-cavity configuration. The maximum output energy of the signal wavelength at 1.57 μm is 66.5mJ, corresponding to an electrical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 4.47% and an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 12.1%. The pulse width (FWHM) is about 3.6ns with a peak power of 18.5MW. The output energy is insensitive to repetition rate and demonstrates good stability. %U http://www.alljournals.cn/get_abstract_url.aspx?pcid=6E709DC38FA1D09A4B578DD0906875B5B44D4D294832BB8E&cid=47EA7CFDDEBB28E0&jid=E27DA92E19FE279A273627875A70D74D&aid=19031CAB27C9C6B8B144FB686B09E734&yid=DE12191FBD62783C&vid=96C778EE049EE47D&iid=B31275AF3241DB2D&journal_id=0256-307X&journal_name=中国物理快报&referenced_num=0&reference_num=0