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Synchronized retroreflection-pumped femtosecond optical parametric oscillator |
Optics Letters, Vol. 37, Issue 6, pp. 1091-1093 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.37.001091
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Abstract
We report a flexible technique for threshold reduction and output power enhancement in synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillators (SPOPOs) based on synchronized retroreflection of the undepleted pump using a collimating system and a delay line, which allows easy and independent adjustment of the spatial and temporal overlap of the retroreflected beam in the nonlinear crystal. The method permits initial synchronization of the forward and retroreflected pump by interferometry, providing threshold reduction before oscillation is initiated. We demonstrate the technique in a femtosecond SPOPO based on
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OCIS Codes
(120.3180) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Interferometry
(140.3600) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, tunable
(190.4360) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, devices
(190.4400) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, materials
(190.4970) Nonlinear optics : Parametric oscillators and amplifiers
(190.7110) Nonlinear optics : Ultrafast nonlinear optics
ToC Category:
Nonlinear Optics
History
Original Manuscript: November 9, 2011
Revised Manuscript: January 9, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: January 19, 2012
Published: March 14, 2012
Citation
A. Esteban-Martin, V. Ramaiah-Badarla, and M. Ebrahim-Zadeh, "Synchronized retroreflection-pumped femtosecond optical parametric oscillator," Opt. Lett. 37, 1091-1093 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-37-6-1091
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