Title :
Direct active mode-locking of an optical parametric oscillator
Author :
Forget, N. ; Bahbah, S. ; Melkonian, J.-M. ; Drag, C. ; Bretenaker, F. ; Lefèbvre, M. ; Rosencher, E.
Author_Institution :
Lab. Aime Cotton, CNRS, Orsay
Abstract :
Active mode-locking of a near degenerate (~1064 nm) doubly resonant periodically poled LiNbO3 OPO pumped at 532 nm is reported. Pulse durations as short as 700 ps are observed.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser mode locking; lithium compounds; optical parametric oscillators; optical pulse generation; LiNbO3; direct active mode-locking; near degenerate doubly resonant periodically poled OPO; optical parametric oscillator; quasicw OPO; short-pulse generation; ultra-fast optical source; wavelength 532 nm; Biomedical optical imaging; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical materials; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics; (190.4970) Parametric oscillators and amplifiers; (190.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627739
