Title :
Passively mode-locked slow pump optical parametric oscillators
Author :
Khurgin, J. ; Melkonian, J.-M. ; Godard, A. ; Rosencher, E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD
Abstract :
We propose to use Bragg grating to induce large walk-off between the signal and slow pump in nonlinear crystal for developing passively mode-locked OPOpsilas in which a CW pump is efficiently converted into short pulses.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; optical parametric oscillators; optical phase matching; optical pumping; Bragg grating; nonlinear crystal; passive mode locking; phase matching; slow light; slow pump optical parametric oscillators; Bragg gratings; Frequency conversion; Gallium arsenide; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; (190.4970) Parametric oscillators and amplifiers; (230.1480) Bragg reflectors s;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
