Title :
Group-velocity-matched noncollinear optical parametric oscillation in quasi-phase matched gratings
Author :
Liu, Ye ; Diels, Jean-Claude
Author_Institution :
Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Abstract :
We propose a novel scheme of noncollinear phase matching for femtosecond optical parametric oscillation in periodically poled gratings. Consequently, the parametric gain is enhanced by orders of magnitude and the threshold for oscillation reduced significantly.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; optical parametric oscillators; optical phase matching; optical pulse generation; femtosecond optical parametric oscillation; group-velocity-matched noncollinear optical parametric oscillation; parametric gain; periodically poled gratings; quasiphase matched gratings; Frequency conversion; Gratings; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical frequency conversion; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Physics; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453040
