Broadly and continuously tunable, high-energy optical parametric system by angular tuning of tilted QPM structures

Author

Ishizuki, H. ; Saikawa, J. ; Taira, T.

Author_Institution

Laser Res. Center for Mol. Sci., Inst. for Mol. Sci., Okazaki, Japan

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Practically tunable, high-energy optical-parametric systems by combination of angular rotation and tilted QPM structure in periodically poled Mg-doped LiNbO₃ are demonstrated. The tunable range can be expanded by tilted QPM instead of conventional right-angled QPM.

Keywords

ferroelectric materials; lithium compounds; magnesium; optical materials; optical parametric devices; optical phase matching; optical rotation; optical tuning; LiNbO₃:Mg; angular rotation; angular tuning; broad continuously tunable system; ferroelectric crystal; high-energy optical parametric system; periodically poled material; tilted QPM structures; Chemical lasers; Chemical technology; Laser tuning; Light sources; Nonlinear optics; Optical tuning; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Stimulated emission; Tunable circuits and devices; (160.3730) Lithium niobate; (190.4970) Parametric oscillators and amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5224545