Periodically poled lithium niobate monolithic nanosecond optical parametric oscillators and generators

被引：58
作者：
Missey, MJ [1 ]
Dominic, V
Powers, PE
Schepler, KL
机构：
[1] Univ Dayton, Ctr Electroopt, Dayton, OH 45469 USA
[2] USAF, Res Lab, SNJT, Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433 USA
来源：
OPTICS LETTERS | 1999年 / 24卷 / 17期
关键词：
D O I：
10.1364/OL.24.001227
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
We fabricated and characterized periodically poled lithium niobate monolithic optical parametric oscillators (OPO's) and generators. The compact monolithic devices were trivial to align and operate and provided widely tunable, nearly diffraction-limited, stable output pulses. Low thresholds and high conversion efficiencies were obtained when the devices were pumped with 3.5-ns 1.064-mu m pulses. In addition, the monolithic OPO devices exhibited broad tuning by crystal rotation through noncollinear phase matching. The bandwidth-broadening effects exhibited in the noncollinear phase-matching geometry were measured and explained. (C) 1999 Optical Society of America.
引用
收藏
页码：1227 / 1229
页数：3
相关论文
共 10 条
[1]   93% pump depletion, 3.5-W continuous-wave, singly resonant optical parametric oscillator [J].
Bosenberg, WR ;
Drobshoff, A ;
Alexander, JI ;
Myers, LE ;
Byer, RL .
OPTICS LETTERS, 1996, 21 (17) :1336-1338
[2]   OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR THRESHOLD AND LINEWIDTH STUDIES [J].
BROSNAN, SJ ;
BYER, RL .
IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, 1979, 15 (06) :415-431
[3]  
Byer R. L., 1975, QUANTUM ELECT VOL 1, P587
[4]   BANDWIDTH CHARACTERISTICS OF A PULSED OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR - APPLICATION TO DEGENERATE 4-WAVE-MIXING SPECTROSCOPY [J].
HAUB, JG ;
JOHNSON, MJ ;
POWELL, AJ ;
ORR, BJ .
OPTICS LETTERS, 1995, 20 (15) :1637-1639
[5]   QUASI-PHASE-MATCHED OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS IN BULK PERIODICALLY POLED LINBO3 [J].
MYERS, LE ;
ECKARDT, RC ;
FEJER, MM ;
BYER, RL ;
BOSENBERG, WR ;
PIERCE, JW .
JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS, 1995, 12 (11) :2102-2116
[6]   Continuous tuning of a continuous-wave periodically poled lithium niobate optical parametric oscillator by use of a fan-out grating design [J].
Powers, PE ;
Kulp, TJ ;
Bisson, SE .
OPTICS LETTERS, 1998, 23 (03) :159-161
[7]   Low-pump-threshold continuous-wave singly resonant optical parametric oscillator [J].
Stothard, DJM ;
Ebrahimzadeh, M ;
Dunn, MH .
OPTICS LETTERS, 1998, 23 (24) :1895-1897
[8]   1ST-ORDER QUASI-PHASE MATCHED LINBO3 WAVE-GUIDE PERIODICALLY POLED BY APPLYING AN EXTERNAL-FIELD FOR EFFICIENT BLUE 2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION [J].
YAMADA, M ;
NADA, N ;
SAITOH, M ;
WATANABE, K .
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1993, 62 (05) :435-436
[9]   Frequency-agile kilohertz repetition-rate optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled lithium niobate [J].
Yang, ST ;
Velsko, SP .
OPTICS LETTERS, 1999, 24 (03) :133-135
[10]   Periodically poled lithium niobate optical parametric amplifiers pumped by high-power passively Q-switched microchip lasers [J].
Zayhowski, JJ .
OPTICS LETTERS, 1997, 22 (03) :169-171
1