Periodically poled lithium niobate monolithic nanosecond optical parametric oscillators and generators

被引:57
作者
Missey, MJ [1 ]
Dominic, V
Powers, PE
Schepler, KL
机构
[1] Univ Dayton, Ctr Electroopt, Dayton, OH 45469 USA
[2] USAF, Res Lab, SNJT, Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433 USA
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10.1364/OL.24.001227
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We fabricated and characterized periodically poled lithium niobate monolithic optical parametric oscillators (OPO's) and generators. The compact monolithic devices were trivial to align and operate and provided widely tunable, nearly diffraction-limited, stable output pulses. Low thresholds and high conversion efficiencies were obtained when the devices were pumped with 3.5-ns 1.064-mu m pulses. In addition, the monolithic OPO devices exhibited broad tuning by crystal rotation through noncollinear phase matching. The bandwidth-broadening effects exhibited in the noncollinear phase-matching geometry were measured and explained. (C) 1999 Optical Society of America.
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页码:1227 / 1229
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