• DocumentCode
    474784
  • 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
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4572805