Synchronously pumped CdSe optical parametric oscillator in the 9-10µm region
Synchronously pumped CdSe optical parametric oscillator in the 9-10µm region
Continuous mode-locked operation of a singly resonant, synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator (SPOPO) based on CdSe has produced idler output tuned over the range of 9.19.7 µm , the longest wavelength generated so far to our knowledge from a SPOPO. Average idler powers as high as 70 mW are generated in the crystal. Tandem pumping with a diffraction-grating-tuned parametric oscillator in periodically poled lithium niobate provides a convenient and agile means of tuning the noncritically phase-matched CdSe device. The absence of any detrimental thermal effects in the CdSe crystal suggests that significant further power scaling should be possible, with idler tuning ranges extendable to cover 812 µm.
1957-1959
Watson, M.A.
6701a8c8-7537-48e0-bd7e-acf50d52e0f4
O'Connor, M.V.
db2f4543-aa5b-4177-afeb-ad30941263a5
Shepherd, D.P.
9fdd51c4-39d6-41b3-9021-4c033c2f4ead
Hanna, D.C.
3da5a5b4-71c2-4441-bb67-21f0d28a187d
15 October 2003
Watson, M.A.
6701a8c8-7537-48e0-bd7e-acf50d52e0f4
O'Connor, M.V.
db2f4543-aa5b-4177-afeb-ad30941263a5
Shepherd, D.P.
9fdd51c4-39d6-41b3-9021-4c033c2f4ead
Hanna, D.C.
3da5a5b4-71c2-4441-bb67-21f0d28a187d
Watson, M.A., O'Connor, M.V., Shepherd, D.P. and Hanna, D.C.
(2003)
Synchronously pumped CdSe optical parametric oscillator in the 9-10µm region.
Optics Letters, 28 (20), .
(doi:10.1364/OL.28.001957).
Abstract
Continuous mode-locked operation of a singly resonant, synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator (SPOPO) based on CdSe has produced idler output tuned over the range of 9.19.7 µm , the longest wavelength generated so far to our knowledge from a SPOPO. Average idler powers as high as 70 mW are generated in the crystal. Tandem pumping with a diffraction-grating-tuned parametric oscillator in periodically poled lithium niobate provides a convenient and agile means of tuning the noncritically phase-matched CdSe device. The absence of any detrimental thermal effects in the CdSe crystal suggests that significant further power scaling should be possible, with idler tuning ranges extendable to cover 812 µm.
Text
239A4D3C-BDB9-137E-CCB80397EA2FB4E6_74878.pdf
- Version of Record
Restricted to Repository staff only
Request a copy
More information
Published date: 15 October 2003
Identifiers
Local EPrints ID: 13854
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/13854
ISSN: 0146-9592
PURE UUID: 91e3bbd7-10a6-4489-9f92-1e2f034816bb
Catalogue record
Date deposited: 31 Dec 2004
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 02:39
Export record
Altmetrics
Contributors
Author:
M.A. Watson
Author:
M.V. O'Connor
Author:
D.P. Shepherd
Author:
D.C. Hanna
Download statistics
Downloads from ePrints over the past year. Other digital versions may also be available to download e.g. from the publisher's website.
View more statistics