Incoherently pumped continuous wave optical parametric oscillator broadened by non-collinear phasematching

doi:10.1364/OE.19.021786

Incoherently pumped continuous wave optical parametric oscillator broadened by non-collinear phasematching

Jelle Storteboom, Chris J. Lee, Ab F. Nieuwenhuis, Ian D. Lindsay, and Klaus-J. Boller »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 19, Issue 22, pp. 21786-21792 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.021786

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Abstract

In this paper, we report on a singly resonant optical parametric oscillator (OPO) pumped by an amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) source. The pump focusing conditions allow non-collinear phasematching, which resulted in a 230 nm (190 cm⁻¹) spectral bandwidth. Calculations indicate that such phasematching schemes may be used to further broaden OPO spectral bandwidths.

OCIS Codes
(140.3510) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, fiber
(190.4400) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, materials
(190.4410) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, parametric processes
(190.4970) Nonlinear optics : Parametric oscillators and amplifiers

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Nonlinear Optics

History
Original Manuscript: August 8, 2011
Revised Manuscript: September 9, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: September 14, 2011
Published: October 20, 2011

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Jelle Storteboom, Chris J. Lee, Ab F. Nieuwenhuis, Ian D. Lindsay, and Klaus-J. Boller, "Incoherently pumped continuous wave optical parametric oscillator broadened by non-collinear phasematching," Opt. Express 19, 21786-21792 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-19-22-21786

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I. Lindsay, P. Groß, C. Lee, B. Adhimoolam, and K.-J. Boller, “Mid-infrared wavelength-and frequency-modulation spectroscopy with a pump-modulated singly-resonant optical parametric oscillator,” Opt. Express14(25), 12,341–12,346 (2006). [CrossRef]
B. Adhimoolam, I. Lindsay, C. Lee, P. Gross, K. Boller, and M. Klein, “Spectral shaping of a 10 W diode laser-Yb-fiber amplifier system,” Rev. Sci. Instrum.77, 093101 (2006). [CrossRef]

Adhimoolam, B.
Adler, F.
Boller, K.
Boller, K.-J.
Briles, T. C.
Brown, R. A.
Cambrey, A. D.
Cockburn, J. W.
Colley, C. S.
Cossel, K. C.
Das, R.
Delpy, D. T.
Ebrahim-Zadeh, M.
Foltynowicz, A.
Groß, P.
Gross, P.
Haelterman, M.
Hartl, I.
Hebden, J. C.
Kennedy, R.
Klein, M.
Kulp, T. J.
Kumar, S. C.
Lee, C.
Lindsay, I.
Maier, R. R. J.
Maslowski, P.
McNaghten, E. D.
Millot, G.
Mitsui, T.
Ng, W. H.
Picozzi, A.
Pitois, S.
Powers, P. E.
Reid, D. T.
Samanta, G. K.
Tanaka, U.
Tillman, K. A.
Wilson, L. R.
Yabuzaki, T.
Ye, J.
Zibik, E. A.

Appl. Opt.

P. E. Powers, T. J. Kulp, and R. Kennedy, “Demonstration of Differential Backscatter Absorption Gas Imaging,” Appl. Opt.39(9), 1440–1448 (2000). [CrossRef]

Appl. Phys. Lett.

K. A. Tillman, R. R. J. Maier, D. T. Reid, and E. D. McNaghten, “Mid-infrared absorption spectroscopy across a 14.4 THz spectral range using a broadband femtosecond optical parametric oscillator,” Appl. Phys. Lett.85(16), 3366 (2004). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

F. Adler, P. Masłowski, A. Foltynowicz, K. C. Cossel, T. C. Briles, I. Hartl, and J. Ye, “Mid-infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy with a broadband frequency comb,” Opt. Express18(21), 21,861–21,872 (2010). [CrossRef]
I. Lindsay, P. Groß, C. Lee, B. Adhimoolam, and K.-J. Boller, “Mid-infrared wavelength-and frequency-modulation spectroscopy with a pump-modulated singly-resonant optical parametric oscillator,” Opt. Express14(25), 12,341–12,346 (2006). [CrossRef]

Opt. Lett.

R. Das, S. C. Kumar, G. K. Samanta, and M. Ebrahim-Zadeh, “Broadband, high-power, continuous-wave, mid-infrared source using extended phase-matching bandwidth in MgO:PPLN,” Opt. Lett.34(24), 3836–3838 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

T. Yabuzaki, T. Mitsui, and U. Tanaka, “New type of high-resolution spectroscopy with a diode laser,” Phys. Rev. Lett.67(18), 2453–2456 (1991). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
A. Picozzi, M. Haelterman, S. Pitois, and G. Millot, “Incoherent Solitons in Instantaneous Response Nonlinear Media,” Phys. Rev. Lett.92, 143906 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
A. Picozzi and M. Haelterman, “Parametric Three-Wave Soliton Generated from Incoherent Light,” Phys. Rev. Lett.86(10), 2010–2013 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Rev. Sci. Instrum.

C. S. Colley, J. C. Hebden, D. T. Delpy, A. D. Cambrey, R. A. Brown, E. A. Zibik, W. H. Ng, L. R. Wilson, and J. W. Cockburn, “Mid-infrared optical coherence tomography,” Rev. Sci. Instrum.78, 123108 (2007). [CrossRef]
B. Adhimoolam, I. Lindsay, C. Lee, P. Gross, K. Boller, and M. Klein, “Spectral shaping of a 10 W diode laser-Yb-fiber amplifier system,” Rev. Sci. Instrum.77, 093101 (2006). [CrossRef]

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