DocumentCode
1989403
Title
Thermally guided mid-IR optical parametric oscillator
Author
Lin, Shou-Tai ; Lin, Yen-Yin ; Huang, Yen-Chieh
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
fYear
2011
fDate
Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
Firstpage
974
Lastpage
976
Abstract
We report a watt-level, single-frequency, mid-infrared, continuous-wave singly resonant OPO with a thermal-induced waveguide in its gain crystal. The waveguide, with a NA of 0.0062, doubled the parametric efficiency and made the OPO insensitive to alignment.
Keywords
optical parametric oscillators; optical waveguides; crystal; thermal-induced waveguide; thermally guided mid-IR optical parametric oscillator; Crystals; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Optical mixing; Optical waveguides; Pump lasers; Thermal lensing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
Conference_Location
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1939-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193916
Filename
6193916
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