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We report the performance of a type-II KTP optical parametric oscillator-amplifier tandem pumped in a non-critical phase-matching configuration by a flashlamp-pumped Ti:Sapphire laser, scanned from 730 to 900 nm. Tunable signal and idler wavelengths are generated from 1.065 to 1.290 µm and from 2.320 to 2.970 µm, respectively, without crystal tracking. Slope efficiency is as high as 32% for the signal conversion only. A KNbO3 crystal has also been tested as a parametric amplifier in a no-tracking configuration and yields comparable gain.
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Vezin, B., Douard, M., Rambaldi, P. et al. Tunable no-tracking OPO-OPA tandem in the near-infrared pumped by a Ti:Sapphire laser. Appl. Phys. B 63, 199–201 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01095273
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