Title :
Intracavity pumped picosecond Optical Parametric Oscillator for intracavity interferometry
Author :
Alena Zavadilova;Vaclav Kubecek;Jean-Claude Diels;Andreas Velten
Author_Institution :
Czech Technical University, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Brehova 7, 115 19 Prague 1, Czech Republic
fDate :
5/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A picosecond pulse circulating inside a mode-locked vanadate laser, pumps twice/round-trip a LiNbO3 crystal, creating two non-interacting signal pulses circulating in a resonant cavity. This configuration is ideal for intracavity interferometry applications.
Keywords :
"Optical interferometry","Nonlinear optics","Optical pumping","Oscillators","Optical pulses","Mirrors","Ultrafast optics","Pulse amplifiers","Pump lasers","Optical sensors"
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Electronic_ISBN :
2160-9004
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453038