Broadly, independent-tunable, dual-wavelength mid-infrared ultrafast optical parametric oscillator

被引:31
作者
Jin, Yuwei [1 ]
Cristescu, S. M. [1 ]
Harren, Frans J. M. [1 ]
Mandon, Julien [1 ]
机构
[1] Radboud Univ Nijmegen, Mol & Laser Phys, Inst Mol & Mat, NL-6500 GL Nijmegen, Netherlands
关键词
TERAHERTZ-WAVE GENERATION; GROUP-VELOCITY CONTROL; NONLINEAR PHASE-SHIFT; SYNCHRONOUS OPERATION; SOLITONS; COMB; 2-CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL;
D O I
10.1364/OE.23.020418
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We demonstrate a two-crystal mid-infrared dual-wavelength optical parametric oscillator, synchronously pumped by a high power femtosecond Yb:fiber laser. The singly-resonant ring cavity, containing two periodically poled lithium niobate crystals, is capable of generating two synchronized idler wavelengths, independently tunable over 30 THz in the 2.9 - 4.2 mu m wavelength region, due to the cascaded quadratic nonlinear effect. The independent tunability of the two idlers makes the optical parametric oscillator a promising source for ultrafast pulse generation towards the THz wavelength region, based on different frequency generation. In addition, the observed frequency doubled idler within the crystal indicates the possibility to realize a broadband optical self-phase locking between pump, signal, idler and higher order generated parametric lights. (C) 2015 Optical Society of America
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页码:20418 / 20427
页数:10
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