Title :
Actively mode-locked optical parametric oscillator using low-frequency phase-modulation
Author :
Devi, Kavita ; Kumar, S. Chaitanya ; Ebrahim-Zadeh, M.
Author_Institution :
ICFO-Inst. de Cienc. Fotoniques, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
We report active mode-locking of a continuous-wave optical parametric oscillator in doubly- and singly-resonant configuration using direct low-frequency electro-optic phasemodulation, generating 533ps and 230ps pulses at 80MHz, respectively.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; laser mode locking; optical parametric oscillators; optical pulse generation; actively mode-locked optical parametric oscillator; continuous-wave optical parametric oscillator; direct low-frequency electro-optic phase modulation; doubly-resonant configuration; frequency 80 MHz; low-frequency phase-modulation; pulse generation; singly-resonant configuration; time 230 ps; time 533 ps; Frequency modulation; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Oscillators; Resonant frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
