• DocumentCode
    2749815
  • Title

    Optical parametric oscillators

  • Author

    Ashkin, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Telephone Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    14
  • fYear
    1966
  • fDate
    21-25 March 1966
  • Firstpage
    274
  • Lastpage
    274
  • Abstract
    Optical parametric amplification is inherently a broad band process and thus makes widely tunable optical amplifiers and coherent power sources possible. After a brief survey of the basic principles, the various factors contributing to a practical parametric amplifier and oscillator will be discussed. Among these will be, choice of material, phase matching, optical loss, the effect of modes, and tunability. The present status pulsed and continuous-wave parametric oscillator experiments will be reviewed and the future prospects for optical parametric devices will be discussed.
  • Keywords
    Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical devices; Optical frequency conversion; Optical materials; Oscillators; Power amplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    1958 IRE International Convention Record
  • Conference_Location
    New York, NY, USA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IRECON.1966.1147713
  • Filename
    1147713