CONTINUOUS FREQUENCY TUNING OF A CW OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR THROUGH TUNING OF ITS PUMP SOURCE

Authors
HENDERSON AJ PADGETT MJ ZHANG J SIBBETT W DUNN MH
Citation
Aj. Henderson et al., CONTINUOUS FREQUENCY TUNING OF A CW OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR THROUGH TUNING OF ITS PUMP SOURCE, Optics letters, 20(9), 1995, pp. 1029-1031
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
20
Issue
9
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1029 - 1031
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1995)20:9<1029:CFTOAC>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We report smooth and continuous tuning of the single-frequency output from a continuous-wave, doubly resonant optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on potassium titanyl phosphate. The device is configured a s a single cavity and is pumped by the second harmonic of a diode-pump ed Nd:YLF laser. By simultaneously controlling the cavity length of th e OPO and the frequency of the pump laser, we could scan the output fr equency of the OPO over a range of 4.5 GHz.