Observation of two distinct phase states in a self-phase-locked type II phase-matched optical parametric oscillator

被引：55

作者：

Mason, EJ ^{[1
]}

Wong, NC ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] MIT, Elect Res Lab, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 1998年 / 23卷 / 22期

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D O I：

10.1364/OL.23.001733

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We demonstrate self-phase locking in a type II phase-matched optical parametric oscillator by mutual injection locking. An intracavity quarter-wave plate provides polarization mixing between the orthogonally polarized signal and idler that induces signal-idler self-phase locking when their frequency difference is within the capture range. We observed two distinct phase states that differ in their oscillator thresholds and their signal-idler phase differences, in good agreement with theory. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.

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页码：1733 / 1735

页数：3

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