Title :
Dynamics and design trade-offs in CW-pumped singly-resonant optical parametric oscillator based combs
Author :
Phillips, C.R. ; Ulvila, Ville ; Halonen, Lauri ; Vainio, Markku
Author_Institution :
Ultrafast Laser Phys., ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
Abstract :
We analyze frequency comb generation in CW-pumped singly-resonant optical parametric oscillators using cascaded second-order nonlinearities. We explain experimental results, trade-offs and current limits on performance, and examine scaling towards broader bandwidths in the future.
Keywords :
optical design techniques; optical frequency combs; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; CW-pumped singly-resonant optical parametric oscillator based comb dynamics; cascaded second-order nonlinearity; design trade-offs; frequency comb generation; Amplitude modulation; Bandwidth; Cavity resonators; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pumping; Oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
