• DocumentCode
    689684
  • Title

    Spectral and temporal effects in a picosecond optical parametric oscillator based on an aperiodically poled nonlinear crystal

  • Author

    Laporte, Claire ; Dherbecourt, J.-B. ; Melkonian, J.-M. ; Raybaut, M. ; Drag, C. ; Godard, A.

  • Author_Institution
    ONERA - the French Aerosp. Lab., Palaiseau, France
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We investigate cavity length detuning in a picosecond synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator based on an aperiodically poled nonlinear crystal. A strong dependence on the sign of the quasi-phase matching period chirp is observed.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; lithium compounds; optical materials; optical parametric oscillators; optical phase matching; optical pumping; optical tuning; LiNbO3; aperiodically poled nonlinear crystal; cavity length detuning; picosecond synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator; quasiphase matching period chirp; spectral effects; temporal effects; Cavity resonators; Chirp; Crystals; Frequency conversion; Gratings; Nonlinear optics; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6834071