Title :
Frequency stability of a self-phase-locked degenerate continuous-wave optical parametric oscillator
Author :
Grob, P. ; Boller, K.-J. ; Klein, M.E. ; Lee, D.-H.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Appl. Phys., Twente Univ., Enschede, Netherlands
Abstract :
The properties of a self-phase-locked by-2-divider optical parametric oscillator are presented. A locking range of up to 156 MHz is measured, and the divider´s relative frequency stability is shown to be better than 6/spl times/10/sup -14/.
Keywords :
frequency stability; optical parametric oscillators; phase locked oscillators; 156 MHz; continuous-wave optical parametric oscillator; frequency stability; locking range; self-phase-locked oscillator; Bandwidth; Frequency conversion; Frequency measurement; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Stability; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
