• DocumentCode
    2863249
  • Title

    Direct active mode-locking of an optical parametric oscillator

  • Author

    Forget, N. ; Bahbah, S. ; Melkonian, J.-M. ; Drag, C. ; Bretenaker, F. ; Lefèbvre, M. ; Rosencher, E.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. Aime Cotton, CNRS, Orsay
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Active mode-locking of a near degenerate (~1064 nm) doubly resonant periodically poled LiNbO3 OPO pumped at 532 nm is reported. Pulse durations as short as 700 ps are observed.
  • Keywords
    laser beams; laser mode locking; lithium compounds; optical parametric oscillators; optical pulse generation; LiNbO3; direct active mode-locking; near degenerate doubly resonant periodically poled OPO; optical parametric oscillator; quasicw OPO; short-pulse generation; ultra-fast optical source; wavelength 532 nm; Biomedical optical imaging; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical materials; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics; (190.4970) Parametric oscillators and amplifiers; (190.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627739
  • Filename
    4627739