Physics & Astronomy (School of): Recent submissions
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Applications of nonlinear optics to the development of all-solid-state sources of tunable light.
(University of St Andrews, 1997-06) - ThesisThis thesis describes the development of singly-resonant optical parametric oscillators (OPOs) based on the nonlinear material KTP (potassium titanyl phosphate), and used to provide tunable light in the infrared, with low ... -
Novel configurations for pulsed optical parametric oscillators and their pump sources
(University of St Andrews, 1998-05) - ThesisThe development of all-solid-state, diode-laser pumped neodymium (Nd) lasers and optical parametric oscillators (OPOs) is described, which realise practical sources of coherent radiation with a high degree of frequency ... -
Femtosecond optical parametric oscillators in the mid-infrared
(University of St Andrews, 1999-04) - ThesisThe work described in this thesis is concerned with the development of self-modelocked Ti:sapphire lasers and femtosecond optical parametric oscillators based on periodically-poled rubidium titanyl arsenate and periodically-poled ... -
Femtosecond optical parametric oscillators for the mid-infrared
(University of St Andrews, 1998-02) - ThesisThe research presented in this thesis is concerned with the generation and characterisation of femtosecond pulses in the near and mid-infrared spectral regions. The three optical parametric oscillators which were constructed ... -
High-power, high-repetition-rate picosecond optical parametric oscillators for the visible to mid-infrared
(University of St Andrews, 1997-07) - ThesisThis thesis describes the design, configuration and operation of picosecond optical parametric oscillators (OPOs) tunable from the visible to mid infrared. These systems were based on the materials LiB3O5 (LBO) and KTiOAsO4 ...