Title :
Rapidly tunable intra-cavity Cr3+:LiCAF-PPSLT optical parametric oscillator based on a self-injection-locked pump wave
Author :
Maestre, H. ; Torregrosa, A.J. ; Capmany, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Comput. Sci., Univ. Miguel Hernandez, Elche, Spain
Abstract :
We present a doubly resonant intra-cavity pumped OPO consisting of a Cr3+:LiCAF tunable laser and a periodically poled stoichiometric lithium tantalate (PPSLT) nonlinear crystal. Laser tuning is achieved through self-injection-locking with an externally coupled cavity based on a Littrow-mounted ruled diffraction grating. This allows for faster OPO tuning by piezo tilting or dithering the grating as compared with standard temperature tuning, and narrows the laser (OPO pump) linewidth. The laser crystal was a-cut for polarized oscillation (as required for efficient quasi-phase matching and for photomixing).
Keywords :
calcium compounds; chromium; diffraction gratings; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser tuning; lithium compounds; optical parametric oscillators; optical phase matching; optical pumping; oscillations; LiCaAlF6:Cr; LiTaO3; Littrow-mounted ruled diffraction grating; dithering; doubly resonant intracavity pumped oscillator; externally coupled cavity; laser linewidth; laser tuning; periodically poled stoichiometric lithium tantalate nonlinear crystal; photomixing; piezo tilting; polarized oscillation; quasiphase matching; rapidly tunable intracavity optical parametric oscillator; self-injection-locked pump wave;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942546
