Extended mode-hop-free tuning by use of a dual-cavity, pump-enhanced optical parametric oscillator
Optics Letters, Vol. 25, Issue 5, pp. 341-343 (2000)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.25.000341
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Abstract
We report extended mode-hop-free tuning in a continuous-wave, pump-enhanced optical parametric oscillator (PE-OPO). We employ a dual-cavity configuration to allow independent control of the resonant pump and signal fields, and so we can suppress frequent mode hops in the signal as the pump is tuned in frequency. With the signal field clamped in frequency by an uncoated etalon, the idler field can be scanned smoothly through a range of 10.8 GHz. The PE-OPO outputs can also be tuned coarsely from 1.01 to 1.18 μm in the signal and from 2.71 to 3.26 μm and 4.07 to 5.26 μm in the idler. We find that increased idler absorption only slightly increases the oscillation threshold.
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OCIS Codes
(190.2620) Nonlinear optics : Harmonic generation and mixing
(190.4360) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, devices
(190.4970) Nonlinear optics : Parametric oscillators and amplifiers
Citation
G. A. Turnbull, D. McGloin, I. D. Lindsay, M. Ebrahimzadeh, and M. H. Dunn, "Extended mode-hop-free tuning by use of a dual-cavity, pump-enhanced optical parametric oscillator," Opt. Lett. 25, 341-343 (2000)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-25-5-341
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