Title :
Critical study of pulsed parametric oscillators with intracavity optical parametric amplification
Author :
Melkonian, Jean-Michel ; Godard, Antoine ; Lefebvre, Michel ; Rosencher, Emmanuel
Author_Institution :
Office Nat. d´´Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales, Palaiseau
Abstract :
The OPO arrangement with intracavity OPA at the idler wavelength is experimentally and theoretically investigated in the context of pulsed devices emitting several mJ. Benefits and drawbacks are discussed versus the conventional singly resonant OPO.
Keywords :
optical materials; optical parametric amplifiers; optical parametric oscillators; OPO arrangement; intracavity OPA; intracavity optical parametric amplification; nonlinear crystal; pulsed devices; pulsed parametric oscillator; Frequency; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Photonic crystals; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Stimulated emission; (190.4410) Nonlinear optics, parametric processes; (190.4970) Parametric oscillators and amplifiers;
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.2006.4628326
