Title :
Singly resonant cavity-enhanced frequency tripling
Author :
Koch, Karl ; Moore, Gerald T. ; Brilliant, Nathan A.
Author_Institution :
Res. Lab., Kirtland AFB, NM, USA
Abstract :
We analyse the design and performance of a singly resonant cavity-enhanced frequency tripler. A schematic of the device is shown. The device consists of a cavity that resonates the pump laser. The cavity contains a second-harmonic generation (SHG) interaction that generates the second harmonic of the pump laser. This is followed by a sum-frequency generation (SFG) interaction that frequency sums the resonating fundamental frequency with second-harmonic frequency to produce the third-harmonic of the pump laser. The second- and third-harmonic of the pump laser are coupled out of the cavity. We model intracavity loss by a single-point attenuation
Keywords :
optical design techniques; optical harmonic generation; optical losses; optical pumping; optical resonators; fundamental frequency; intracavity loss; pump laser; second-harmonic generation interaction; single-point attenuation; singly resonant cavity-enhanced frequency tripler design; singly resonant cavity-enhanced frequency tripling; sum-frequency generation; third-harmonic; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical coupling; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulses; Performance analysis; Pump lasers; Reflectivity; Resonance; Resonant frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Nonlinear Optics '98: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications Topical Meeting
Conference_Location :
Kauai, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4950-4
DOI :
10.1109/NLO.1998.710172
