Actively mode-locked optical parametric oscillator

Nicolas Forget; Sofiane Bahbah; Cyril Drag; Fabien Bretenaker; Michel Lefèbvre; Emmanuel Rosencher

doi:10.1364/OL.31.000972

Actively mode-locked optical parametric oscillator

Nicolas Forget
, Sofiane Bahbah
, Cyril Drag
, Fabien Bretenaker
, Michel Lefèbvre
, Emmanuel Rosencher

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Abstract

We report on what we believe to be the first demonstration of active mode locking of an optical parametric oscillator. An acousto-optic modulator is inserted into a nearly degenerate (∼1064 nm) and doubly resonant optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled LiNbO₃ and pumped with the second harmonic of a quasi-continuous-wave single-frequency Nd:YAG laser. When the modulation frequency is matched to the free spectral range of the cavity (120 MHz), a pulsed regime is observed, with pulse durations as short as 700 ps.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	972-974
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	31
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.31.000972
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2006

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