Spatio-temporal dynamics of the pulse formation in a pulsed ns optical parametric oscillator

Author

Anstett, G. ; Wallenstein, R. ; Borsutzky, A.

Author_Institution

Fachbereich Phys., Kaiserslautern Univ., Germany

fYear

2001

fDate

11-11 May 2001

Firstpage

446

Abstract

Summary form only given. Nanosecond pulsed optical parametric oscillators (OPO) are powerful devices for the efficient generation of coherent light. For a comprehensive understanding of the transient behavior of the spatial properties of the OPO pulses it is essential to investigate the temporal dynamics of the interaction of pump, signal and idler waves. We report on the two-dimensional measurement of the spatio-temporal dynamics of the pulse formation in ns OPOs. In the experimental investigations we used a signal resonant type-I phase matched BaB/sub 2/O/sub 4/ optical parametric oscillator with a plane-parallel cavity.

Keywords

barium compounds; high-speed optical techniques; optical materials; optical parametric oscillators; optical phase matching; optical tuning; BaB/sub 2/O/sub 4/; coherent light; good spatial quality; high conversion efficiency; idler waves; optical pumping; plane-parallel cavity; precise spectral control; pulse formation; pulsed ns optical parametric oscillator; pump waves; signal waves; spatio-temporal dynamics; two-dimensional measurement; type-I phase matched; wide tunability; Nanoscale devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Power generation; Pulse measurements; Resonance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2001.948024

Filename

948024