Dynamic behaviour of a doubly resonant optical parametric oscillator

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作者
Gibson, GM [1 ]
Morrison, GR [1 ]
Hansen, PL [1 ]
Dunn, MH [1 ]
Padgett, MJ [1 ]
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[1] TECH UNIV DENMARK,DEPT PHYS,DK-2800 LYNGBY,DENMARK
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10.1016/S0030-4018(96)00723-7
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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Using a combination of computer modelling and experimental observation we have studied the dynamic behaviour of a doubly-resonant optical parametric oscillator (OPO). When pumped above threshold, it is observed that a finite time is required for the output of the OPO to be established. Specifically, for a doubly-resonant OPO based on KTP with a cavity length of 11 mm, pumped at 523 nm and phase-matched to give near degenerate output, we observe a build-up time for the OPO output of the order of 1 mu s. The observations are in excellent agreement with our numerical modelling and can be attributed completely to the time required for the OPO output to build-up from the parametric fluorescence.
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