Single-mode near- and mid-infrared periodically poled lithium niobate optical parametric oscillator

Authors
Schlup, P Baxter, GW McKinnie, IT
Citation
P. Schlup et al., Single-mode near- and mid-infrared periodically poled lithium niobate optical parametric oscillator, OPT COMMUN, 176(1-3), 2000, pp. 267-271
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN journal
00304018 → ACNP
Volume
176
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
267 - 271
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(20000315)176:1-3<267:SNAMPP>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
We report a nanosecond Nd:YAG-pumped optical parametric oscillator (OPO) ba sed on periodically poled lithium niobate whose optical bandwidth has been narrowed to < 250 MHz by the use of a grazing incidence diffraction grating . The single-mode OPO output could be tuned over 1.48-1.80 mu m (signal) an d 2.61-3.82 mu m (idler), with a threshold pump energy of 1.1 mJ and slope efficiencies of up to 36% (signal) and 10% (idler). The OPO emitted a stabl e output beam with a smooth spatial profile and an value of 1.3. (C) 2000 E lsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.