Optical frequency division by 3 of 532 nm in periodically poled lithium niobate with a double grating

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Nee, PT [1 ]
Wong, NC [1 ]
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[1] MIT, Elect Res Lab, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
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10.1364/OL.23.000046
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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Optical frequency division by 3 of 532 nm is demonstrated by back-to-back difference-frequency generation in a periodically poled lithium niobate crystal with a double grating. The first grating generates 1596-nm light from 532- and 798-nm inputs, and the second grating mixes the 798-nm input and the 1596-nm output from the first grating to produce a second 1596-nm output. The beat signal between the two 1596-nm outputs is detected and frequency stabilized to yield the 3:1 frequency ratio. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.
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