Stability of the self-phase-locked pump-enhanced singly resonant optical parametric oscillator

Author

Zondy, Jean-Jacques ; Kolker, Dmitri

Author_Institution

BNM-SYRTE, CNRS, Paris, France

fYear

2003

fDate

22-27 June 2003

Firstpage

69

Abstract

This study deals with the stability of self-phase-locked pump-enhanced singly resonant optical parametric oscillator. The stability of this system is investigated using an approximate analytical model based on McLaurin expansion of the resonant pump and signal field, and using a full numerical propagation model. The upper branch solutions are always found to be stable, regardless of the degree of pump enhancement. The domain of existence of stationary states is found to critically depend on the phase mismatch of the second harmonic generation process.

Keywords

optical harmonic generation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical phase locked loops; McLaurin expansion; optical parametric oscillator; phase mismatch; propagation model; pump enhancement; resonant pump; second harmonic generation; stable self-phase-locking; stationary states; upper branch solutions; Analytical models; Nonlinear optics; Numerical models; Optical harmonic generation; Optical propagation; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Resonance; Stability analysis; Stationary state;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics Conference, 2003. EQEC '03. European

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7733-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EQEC.2003.1313926

Filename

1313926