BANDWIDTH CHARACTERISTICS OF A PULSED OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR -APPLICATION TO DEGENERATE 4-WAVE-MIXING SPECTROSCOPY

Authors
HAUB JG JOHNSON MJ POWELL AJ ORR BJ
Citation
Jg. Haub et al., BANDWIDTH CHARACTERISTICS OF A PULSED OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR -APPLICATION TO DEGENERATE 4-WAVE-MIXING SPECTROSCOPY, Optics letters, 20(15), 1995, pp. 1637-1639
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
20
Issue
15
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1637 - 1639
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1995)20:15<1637:BCOAPO>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Factors influencing the optical bandwidth of a free-running pulsed bet a-barium berate optical parametric oscillator are examined and incorpo rated in a simple fitting procedure. Spatiospectral phenomena in the o ptical parametric oscillator output beam are thereby identified; these suggest a novel way to reduce the effective optical bandwidth for spe ctroscopic purposes. This technique is demonstrated by recording a deg enerate four-wave mixing spectrum of sodium atoms in an air-acetylene flame. (C) 1995 Optical Society of America.