Multiple wavelength generation in a picosecond optical parametric oscillator based on noncritically phase-matched LiB/sub 3/O/sub 5/

Author

French, S. ; Ebrahimzadeh, M. ; Miller, Alice

Author_Institution

Sch. of Phys. & Astron., St. Andrews Univ., UK

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

266

Lastpage

267

Abstract

Summary form only given. The Ti:sapphire laser pumped based on noncritically phase-matched LiB/sub 3/O/sub 5/ (LBO) has been shown to be a versatile source of high-repetition-rate picosecond pulses for the near-infrared. It is capable of providing signal and idler output pulses with durations of 1-2 ps over the continuous wavelength range 1-2.5 /spl mu/m. Here we present results that demonstrate that this system is also capable of directly producing visible picosecond pulses in the green spectral region.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; lithium compounds; optical frequency conversion; optical materials; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; 1 to 2 ps; 1 to 2.5 mum; LiB/sub 3/O/sub 5/; Ti:sapphire laser pumping; continuous wavelength range; green spectral region; high-repetition-rate picosecond pulses; idler output pulses; multiple wavelength generation; near-infrared; noncritically phase-matched; picosecond optical parametric oscillator; visible picosecond pulses; Bandwidth; Frequency conversion; Geometry; Laser excitation; Laser tuning; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Pump lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-443-2

Type

conf

Filename

864652