• 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