OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATION OUT TO 6.3 MU-M IN PERIODICALLY POLED LITHIUM-NIOBATE UNDER STRONG IDLER ABSORPTION

Authors
LEFORT L PUECH K ROSS GW SVIRKO YP HANNA DC
Citation
L. Lefort et al., OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATION OUT TO 6.3 MU-M IN PERIODICALLY POLED LITHIUM-NIOBATE UNDER STRONG IDLER ABSORPTION, Applied physics letters, 73(12), 1998, pp. 1610-1612
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Applied physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036951
Volume
73
Issue
12
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1610 - 1612
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(1998)73:12<1610:OPOOT6>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The very high gains, achieved when using mode-locked pulses to synchro nously pump an optical parametric oscillator based on periodically pol ed lithium niobate, permit oscillation even with strong idler absorpti on. Oscillation has been achieved at idler wavelengths out to 6.3 mu m . Idler power was directly measured, out to 5.41 mu m. Beyond this, id ler generation was inferred fi-om the observed signal. We present an a nalysis of operation in the presence of strong idler absorption. (C) 1 998 American Institute of Physics.