Title :
CW singly-resonant optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled LiNbO/sub 3/
Author :
Bosenberg, W.R. ; Drobshoff, A. ; Alexander, J.I. ; Myers, L.E. ; Tulloch, W. ; Byer, Robert L.
Author_Institution :
Lightwave Electron. Corp., Mountain View, CA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Our work is the first report of a broadly tunable cw singly resonant optical parametric oscillator (SRO). We use the 1.064-/spl mu/m radiation from a Nd:YAG laser to pump periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) obtaining tunable radiation in the important 1.5-/spl mu/m and 3.3-/spl mu/m regions. The high gain and low loss of PPLN are the key to the operation of this device. The PPLN OPO operated robustly 2-3 times above threshold with a maximum pump depletion of 50%.
Keywords :
lithium compounds; optical parametric oscillators; 1.5 micron; 3.3 micron; CW singly-resonant optical parametric oscillator; LiNbO/sub 3/; broadly tunable mid-IR radiation; periodically poled lithium niobate; Laser excitation; Lithium niobate; Nonlinear optics; Optical losses; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Pump lasers; Resonance; Robustness; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-443-2
