Adiabatic optical parametric oscillators: steady-state and dynamical behavior

Authors

C. R. Phillips and M. M. Fejer

Abstract

We study singly-resonant optical parametric oscillators with chirped quasi-phasematching gratings as the gain medium, for which adiabatic optical parametric amplification has the potential to enhance conversion efficiency. This configuration, however, has a modulation instability which must be suppressed in order to yield narrowband output signal pulses. We show that high conversion efficiency can be achieved by using either a narrowband seed or a high-finesse intracavity etalon.

Journal

Optics Express

Volume

20

Number

3

Date

01/2012
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