Title :
A 70-mm-long periodically-poled Mg doped stoichiometric LiNbO3 for low-threshold optical parametric generation
Author :
Maruyama, Masayuki ; Hodoyama, Keiji ; Nakajima, Hirochika ; Kurimura, Sunao ; Yu, Nan Ei ; Kitamura, Kenji
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Waseda Univ., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We report a 70-mm-long periodically-poled 1-mol% Mg-doped stoichiometric LiNbO3 for optical parametric generation. Low bulk OPG threshold of 127 m W (19 μJ) and slope efficiency of 41% were obtained with microchip-laser pumping.
Keywords :
lithium compounds; magnesium; optical materials; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; stoichiometry; 127 mW; 19 muJ; 41 percent; 70 mm; LiNbO3:Mg; OPG threshold; microchip-laser pumping; optical parametric generation; periodically-poled Mg doped stoichiometric LiNbO3; slope efficiency; Biomedical optical imaging; Electrodes; Electronic mail; Laser excitation; Lithium niobate; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202336