Cascaded optical parametric oscillation using a dual-grating PPLN crystal

Author

Gorelik, Pavel V. ; Wong, Franco N C ; Kolker, Dmitri ; Zondy, Jean-Jacques

Author_Institution

Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrate tunable cascaded parametric oscillation in which the primary parametric oscillator signal internally pumps the secondary parametric oscillator. Above the secondary threshold we observe clamping of the primary signal, in accordance with theory.

Keywords

diffraction gratings; laser tuning; lithium compounds; optical materials; optical parametric oscillators; optical phase matching; optical pumping; LiNbO₃; OPO; cascaded optical parametric oscillation; continuous-wave laser; dual-grating PPLN crystal; laser tuning; phase matching; signal clamping; Band pass filters; Frequency conversion; Gratings; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical frequency conversion; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Temperature; Tunable circuits and devices; (190.2620) Frequency conversion; (190.4180) Multiphoton processes; (190.4970) Parametric oscillators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628323

Filename

4628323