Periodically-poled lithium niobate optical parametric oscillator, pump-tuned by a single axial mode Ti:sapphire laser

Chris J. Lee; Glenn W. Baxter; Jan C. Diettrich; Iain T. McKinnie; Peter G. R. Smith; Graeme W. Ross; David C. Hanna

doi:10.1117/1.1458552

1 April 2002 Periodically-poled lithium niobate optical parametric oscillator, pump-tuned by a single axial mode Ti:sapphire laser

Chris J. Lee, Glenn W. Baxter, Jan C. Diettrich, Iain T. McKinnie, Peter G. R. Smith, Graeme W. Ross, David C. Hanna

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 41, Issue 4, (April 2002). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1458552

We demonstrate a pulsed optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based upon periodically poled lithium niobate, and pumped by a Ti:sap- phire laser. Agile and continuous OPO tuning is achieved by tuning the pump laser, with no need for OPO crystal translation or temperature change. The Ti:sapphire laser uses a coupled cavity grazing incidence resonator for efficient, single-axial-mode operation within the OPO spectral acceptance bandwidth. The OPO tuning range is 1200 to 2400 nm, limited only by the available cavity mirrors.

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Chris J. Lee, Glenn W. Baxter, Jan C. Diettrich, Iain T. McKinnie, Peter G. R. Smith, Graeme W. Ross, and David C. Hanna "Periodically-poled lithium niobate optical parametric oscillator, pump-tuned by a single axial mode Ti:sapphire laser," Optical Engineering 41(4), (1 April 2002). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1458552

Published: 1 April 2002

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