Title :
Optical parametric oscillation in quasi-phase-matched GaAs
Author :
Vodopyanov, K.L. ; Levi, O. ; Kuo, P.S. ; Pinguet, T.J. ; Harris, J.S. ; Fejer, M.M. ; Gerard, B. ; Becouarn, L. ; Lallier, E.
Author_Institution :
E. L. Ginzton Lab., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a GaAs based OPO. The singly resonant, pulsed OPO utilized an all-epitaxially-grown orientation-patterned GaAs (OP-GaAs) crystal. By tuning either near-IR pump wavelength or OP-GaAs temperature, we achieved broad tunability between 2 and 10 microns.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; optical materials; optical parametric oscillators; optical phase matching; optical pumping; optical tuning; semiconductor epitaxial layers; 2 to 10 micron; GaAs; OP-GaAs temperature; broad tunability; epitaxial growth; near-IR pump wavelength; optical parametric oscillation; orientation-patterned crystal; quasiphase-matching;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
