Semi-monolithic optical parametric oscillator: infrared pulsed single-longitudinal-mode operation

Author

Drag, C. ; Ribet, I. ; Lefebvre, M. ; Rosencher, E.

Author_Institution

Office Nat. d´Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales, Palaiseau, France

fYear

2002

fDate

24-24 May 2002

Firstpage

173

Abstract

Summary from only given. The multi-frequency behavior of pulsed OPOs is detrimental for most of applications that require a typical line width of 100 MHz. To fulfill the spectral need, dual-cavity doubly resonant optical parametric oscillators (DROPOs) are well suitable since they provide a low threshold of oscillation in combination with compactness. We report here a novel compact nanosecond OPO leading to single- longitudinal-mode output from a semi-monolithic linear dual-cavity DROPO operating at several kHz in the mid-infrared domain.

Keywords

infrared sources; optical double resonance; optical parametric oscillators; spectroscopic light sources; 100 MHz; compact nanosecond OPO; compactness; dual-cavity doubly resonant optical parametric oscillators; e mid-infrared domain; line width; low threshold; multi-frequency behavior; pulsed OPOs; semi-monolithic linear dual-cavity DROPO; single-longitudinal-mode output; spectral need; Frequency; Gratings; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Photorefractive effect; Pump lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-706-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033580

Filename

1033580