Title :
Tunable parametric downconverter with photon-conversion efficiencies greater than 100%
Author :
Dearborn, M.E. ; Koch, Karl ; Moore, Gerald T. ; Diels, J.C.
Author_Institution :
AF Res. Lab., Air Force Inspection & Safety Center, Kirtland AFB, NM, USA
Abstract :
We have demonstrated, for the first time to our knowledge, operation of a synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator-difference frequency mixing (OPO-DFM) device. The OPO-DFM device is designed to maximize power-conversion efficiency from the pump to the idler in the mid-infrared. The OPO-DFM device has the same threshold as the OPO and operates with an idler photon-conversion efficiency over one, producing 80% more idler radiation than the OPO
Keywords :
optical frequency conversion; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; tuning; difference frequency mixing; idler photon-conversion efficiency; idler radiation; mid-infrared; photon-conversion efficiencies; power-conversion efficiency; synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator; tunable parametric downconverter; Astronomy; Design for manufacture; Frequency; Gratings; Laboratories; Mirrors; Physics; Resonance; Signal processing; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Nonlinear Optics '98: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications Topical Meeting
Conference_Location :
Kauai, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4950-4
DOI :
10.1109/NLO.1998.710282
