Extended mode-hop-free tuning by use of a dual-cavity, pump-enhanced optical parametric oscillator

Malcolm Harry Dunn; Graham Alexander Turnbull; David McGloin; ID Lindsay; Majid Ebrahimzadeh

Extended mode-hop-free tuning by use of a dual-cavity, pump-enhanced optical parametric oscillator

Malcolm Harry Dunn, Graham Alexander Turnbull, David McGloin, ID Lindsay, Majid Ebrahimzadeh

School of Physics and Astronomy

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We report extended mode-hop-free tuning in a continuous-wave, pump-enhanced optical parametric oscillator (PE-OPO). We employ a dual-cavity configuration to allow independent control of the resonant pump and signal fields, and so we can suppress frequent mode hops in the signal as the pump is tuned in frequency. With the signal field clamped in frequency by an uncoated etalon, the idler field can be scanned smoothly through a range of 10.8 GHz. The PE-OPO outputs can also be tuned coarsely from 1.01 to 1.18 mu m in the signal and from 2.71 to 3.26 mu m and 4.07 to 5.26 mu m in the idler. We find that increased idler absorption only slightly increases the oscillation threshold. (C) 2000 Optical Society of America. OCIS codes: 190.2620, 190.4360, 190.4970.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	341-343
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	25
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2000

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PERIODICALLY POLED LINBO3

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Extended mode-hop-free tuning by use of a dual-cavity, pump-enhanced optical parametric oscillator

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