Continuous-wave pump-enhanced optical parametric oscillator with ring resonator for wide and continuous tuning of single-frequency radiation

DJM Stothard; ID Lindsay; Malcolm Harry Dunn

Continuous-wave pump-enhanced optical parametric oscillator with ring resonator for wide and continuous tuning of single-frequency radiation

DJM Stothard, ID Lindsay, Malcolm Harry Dunn

School of Physics and Astronomy

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Abstract

We demonstrate a PPLN based pump-enhanced, singly-resonant optical parametric oscillator configured in a traveling wave geometry and pumped by a Ti:sapphire laser. The inclusion of a low finesse etalon within the OPO cavity stabilizes the signal frequency, and rotation of the etalon allows this frequency to be systematically hopped from axial mode to nearest neighbor axial mode over the entire free spectral range of the etalon (83 GHz). Tuning of the pump frequency allows the signal frequency to be smoothly tuned over a cavity free spectral range. More than 35 mW of single frequency idler power was generated in the spectral range 2800-3000 nm for 600 mW pump power. The superiority of traveling wave over standing wave geometries in these regards is discussed. (C) 2004 Optical Society of America.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	502
Number of pages	502
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	12
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - 9 Feb 2004

Keywords

PERIODICALLY POLED LINBO3
LITHIUM-NIOBATE
DUAL-CAVITY
DIODE-LASER
SPECTROSCOPY
PHASE
STABILIZATION

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Continuous-wave pump-enhanced optical parametric oscillator with ring resonator for wide and continuous tuning of single-frequency radiation

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