Title :
Observation of thermal-induced optical guiding and bistability in mid-infrared continuous-wave, singly resonant optical parametric oscillator
Author :
Lin, S.T. ; Lin, Y.Y. ; Wang, T.D. ; Huang, Y.C. ; Shy, J.T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Tsing-hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
We report the thermal-induced optical guiding and bistability in a mid-infrared continuous-wave, SRO at ~3.2 mum. When the pump power reaches the guiding threshold at 16.5 W, the parametric efficiency shows an increase of 2.5.
Keywords :
optical bistability; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; resonance; thermo-optical devices; guiding threshold; midinfrared continuous-wave SRO; optical bistability; optical pumping; parametric efficiency; power 16.5 W; singly resonant optical parametric oscillator; thermal-induced optical guiding; Absorption; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical pumping; Optical ring resonators; Oscillators; Pump lasers; Resonance; Bistability; Parametric oscillators and amplifier;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292477
