Wide-bandwidth 25-dB amplitude noise suppression in a pump-and-signal-resonant optical parametric oscillator

Authors
Lawrence, MJ Byer, RL Arbore, MA Kmetec, JD
Citation
Mj. Lawrence et al., Wide-bandwidth 25-dB amplitude noise suppression in a pump-and-signal-resonant optical parametric oscillator, OPTICS LETT, 26(14), 2001, pp. 1087-1089
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
26
Issue
14
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1087 - 1089
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(20010715)26:14<1087:W2ANSI>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We present a pump-and-signal-resonant optical parametric oscillator that pr ovides 25 dB of amplitude noise suppression of the transmitted pump beam fr om de to 20 kHz. The upper frequency range of the optical limiter increases as the pump power is increased, up to 1 MHz with 580 mW of input power. Th e amount of noise suppression is limited by pump-depletion effects. The upp er frequency range is limited by the temporal response of the device. We pr esent a numerical analysis that predicts this behavior. (C) 2001 Optical So ciety of America.