• DocumentCode
    1771586
  • 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
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989508