Title :
Advances in Ultrafast and Continuous-Wave Optical Parametric Oscillators
Author :
Ebrahim-Zadeh, M.
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Cienc. Fotoniques, Barcelona
Abstract :
Effective strategies for the generation of widely tunable coherent radiation in the visible and ultraviolet using synchronously-pumped and continuous-wave (CW) optical parametric oscillators are described. Spectral regions from 250 to 710 nm are accessed and output powers of hundreds of milliwatts with him spectral, temporal and spatial beam quality are obtained in ultrafast femtosecond and CW operation.
Keywords :
bismuth compounds; laser beams; laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical Kerr effect; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; optical parametric oscillators; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; BiB3O6; Kerr-lens-mode locked laser; birefringent nonlinear crystal; continuous-wave optical parametric oscillator; spatial beam quality; spectral beam quality; synchronously-pumped optical oscillator; temporal beam quality; ultrafast femtosecond CW operation; ultraviolet spectral region; visible spectral region; wavelength 250 nm to 710 nm; widely tunable coherent radiation generation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical materials; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
PhotonicsGlobal@Singapore, 2008. IPGC 2008. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3901-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2906-6
DOI :
10.1109/IPGC.2008.4781501
