GaAs optical parametric oscillator with circularly polarized and depolarized pump

被引：38
作者：
Kuo, P. S. [1 ]
Vodopyanov, K. L.
Fejer, M. M.
Yu, X.
Harris, J. S.
Bliss, D. F.
Weyburne, D.
机构：
[1] Stanford Univ, EL Ginzton Lab, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[2] Stanford Univ, Solid State Photon Lab, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[3] Hanscom AFB, Air Force Res Lab, Bedford, MA 01731 USA
来源：
OPTICS LETTERS | 2007年 / 32卷 / 18期
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D O I：
10.1364/OL.32.002735
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
We demonstrate an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on GaAs pumped with linearly polarized and circularly polarized light and show that the relative OPO thresholds agree with theoretical expectations. For the circularly polarized pump, the threshold was as low as for the [111]-linearly polarized pump case. The pump was also passed through a Lyot depolarizer to produce pseudo-depolarized light, and the OPO threshold in this case was only 22% higher than that for [001]-linearly polarized pump. (C) 2007 Optical Society of America.
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页码：2735 / 2737
页数：3
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