Title :
Tolerance and tuning of diffraction-grating narrowed synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillators
Author :
Laporte, C. ; Dherbecourt, J.-B. ; Melkonian, J.-M. ; Raybaut, M. ; Godard, A.
Author_Institution :
ONERA - the French Aerosp. Lab., Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
Line-narrowing of a synchronously-pumped OPO using an intracavity diffraction grating leads to a fivefold increase of the resonator-length detuning tolerance. We show that this effect is due to resonant beam geometric adaptation within the cavity.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; laser tuning; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; optical resonators; spectral line narrowing; diffraction-grating narrowed synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillators; intracavity diffraction grating; line-narrowing; optical tuning; resonant beam geometric adaptation; resonator-length detuning tolerance; synchronously-pumped OPO; Diffraction; Diffraction gratings; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
