A frequency-tunable low phase noise magneto-acoustic resonator is developed on the base of a parallel-plate straight-edge bilayer consisting yttrium-iron garnet (YIG) layer grown substrate gallium-gadolinium garnet(GGG). When YIG/GGG sample forms an ideal parallel plate, it supports series high-quality-factor acoustic modes standing along plate thickness. Due to magnetostriction YIG ferromagnet...

We have developed a tunable, narrow-bandwidth nanosecond optical parametric oscillator system and applied it to spectroscopic studies. The system consists of a narrow-bandwidth grazing-incidence oscillator and a seeded power oscillator, generating Fourier-transform-limited 1.5-ns pulses (bandwidth <500 MHz) in the wavelength range 435 to 2000 nm with energy of 3.5 mJ at a pump energy of 22 mJ. ...