Title :
Passive mode locking of optical parametric oscillators: An efficient technique for generating sub-picosecond pulses
Author :
Khurgin, J.B. ; Melkonian, J.-M. ; Godard, A. ; Lefebvre, M. ; Rosencher, E.
Author_Institution :
Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD
Abstract :
We show that gain in an OPO with a large walkoff between the pump and signal saturates just like a laser gain and thus CW pumped OPO can be directly mode-locked with high conversion efficiency.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser mode locking; optical parametric oscillators; optical pulse generation; CW pumped OPO; conversion efficiency; laser gain; optical parametric oscillators; passive mode locking; sub-picosecond pulse generation; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics; (190.4970) Parametric oscillators and amplifiers; (190.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
