High-power picosecond optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled lithium niobate

Author

Hoyt, C.W. ; Imangholi, B. ; Sheik-Bahae, M. ; Ebrahimzadeh, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys. & Astron., New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

24-24 May 2002

Firstpage

324

Abstract

Summary from only given. We report a high power picosecond synchronously pumped periodically poled LiNbO/sub 3/ optical parametric oscillator continuously tunable between 1.7 and 2.841 /spl mu/m. Up to 7.7 W signal at 1.85 /spl mu/m and 4.7 W. Idler radiation at 2.5 /spl mu/m is simultaneously extracted from 17.7 W average pump power at 1.064 /spl mu/m, corresponding to a total external efficiency of 70%.

Keywords

dielectric polarisation; high-speed optical techniques; lithium compounds; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; optical tuning; photorefractive materials; 1.064 micron; 1.85 micron; 2.841 micron to 1.7 micron; 4.7 W; 7.7 W; 70 percent; LiNbO/sub 3/; LiNbO/sub 3/ optical parametric oscillator; average pump power; continuously tunable; high-power picosecond optical parametric oscillator; periodically poled lithium niobate; total external efficiency; Gallium nitride; Niobium compounds; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Oscillators; Power generation; Semiconductor materials; Silicon compounds;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-706-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2002.1034037

Filename

1034037