• DocumentCode
    1648719
  • 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
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325473