Title :
Ultrafast Mirrorless Optical Parametric Oscillator in Periodically Poled KTiOPO4 via Extended Phase Matching
Author :
Pu, Ye ; Wu, Jie ; Tsang, Mankei ; Psaltis, Demetri
Author_Institution :
California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena
Abstract :
We report an experimental demonstration of an optical parametric generator in a periodically poled KTiOPO4 crystal based on the principle of mirrorless optical parametric oscillation, with the highest down conversion efficiency ever reported for KTiOPO4.
Keywords :
optical parametric oscillators; potassium compounds; titanium compounds; KTiOPO4; extended phase matching; optical parametric generator; ultrafast mirrorless optical parametric oscillator; Bandwidth; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical frequency conversion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452466