Title :
Fast tunable picosecond optical parametric oscillator based on chirped quasi-phase matching
Author :
Descloux, D. ; Dherbecourt, J.-B. ; Melkonian, J.-M. ; Raybaut, M. ; Drag, C. ; Godard, A.
Author_Institution :
ONERA-The French Aerosp. Lab., Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
We report on a picosecond OPO combining an aperiodically poled nonlinear crystal and a rapidly tunable intracavity spectral filter. Fast tuning over 80 nm around 3.84 μm is carried out in less than few milliseconds.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; optical filters; optical materials; optical parametric oscillators; optical phase matching; optical tuning; aperiodically poled nonlinear crystal; chirped quasiphase matching; fast tunable picosecond optical parametric oscillator; rapidly tunable intracavity spectral filter; wavelength 3.84 mum; wavelength 80 nm; Bandwidth; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Tuning;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
