Title :
Femtosecond optical parametric oscillator towards 1-GHz repetition rate
Author :
Jie Jiang ; Hasama, T.
Author_Institution :
Electrotech. Lab., Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
A femtosecond ring optical parametric oscillator operated at triple of the repetition rate of the pump pulse is demonstrated. This approach paves a way of producing femtosecond optical parametric oscillators towards 1-GHz repetition rate.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; photorefractive materials; potassium compounds; GHz repetition rate; KTiOPO/sub 4/; femtosecond optical parametric oscillator; pump pulse; repetition rate; ring optical parametric oscillator; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Power generation; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6738-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.971054