Dispersion tuning of a narrow-linewidth picosecond OPO based on chirped quasi-phase matching with a volume Bragg grating

Delphine Descloux; Guillaume Walter; Jean Baptiste Dherbecourt; Guillaume Gorju; Jean Michel Melkonian; Myriam Raybaut; Cyril Drag; Antoine Godard

doi:10.1117/12.2252168

Dispersion tuning of a narrow-linewidth picosecond OPO based on chirped quasi-phase matching with a volume Bragg grating

Delphine Descloux
, Guillaume Walter
, Jean Baptiste Dherbecourt
, Guillaume Gorju
, Jean Michel Melkonian
, Myriam Raybaut
, Cyril Drag
, Antoine Godard

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Abstract

We report on a widely tunable synchronously-pumped picosecond OPO combining an aperiodically poled MgOdoped LiNbO₃ crystal as a broadband gain medium and an intracavity axially chirped volume Bragg (VBG). Owing to the high dispersion induced by the chirped VBG, only a narrow spectral band, corresponding to a thin slice of the VBG, satisfies the synchronous-pumping condition. At a fixed position, the VBG is thus a narrow-band filtering element; variation of its position along the cavity axis enables to tune the idler wavelength over 215nm around 3.82 μm. Rapid continuous tuning over 150nm in 100 ms is also demonstrated.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion
Subtitle of host publication	Materials and Devices XVI
Editors	Konstantin L. Vodopyanov, Kenneth L. Schepler
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510606173
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2252168
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials and Devices XVI 2017 - San Francisco, United States Duration: 30 Jan 2017 → 1 Feb 2017

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	10088
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

Conference

Conference	Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials and Devices XVI 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco
Period	30/01/17 → 1/02/17

Keywords

Mode-locked lasers
Parametric oscillators and amplifiers
Ultrafast nonlinear optics
Volume gratings

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Descloux, D., Walter, G., Dherbecourt, J. B., Gorju, G., Melkonian, J. M., Raybaut, M., Drag, C., & Godard, A. (2017). Dispersion tuning of a narrow-linewidth picosecond OPO based on chirped quasi-phase matching with a volume Bragg grating. In K. L. Vodopyanov, & K. L. Schepler (Eds.), Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials and Devices XVI Article 1008814 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 10088). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2252168

Descloux, Delphine ; Walter, Guillaume ; Dherbecourt, Jean Baptiste et al. / Dispersion tuning of a narrow-linewidth picosecond OPO based on chirped quasi-phase matching with a volume Bragg grating. Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials and Devices XVI. editor / Konstantin L. Vodopyanov ; Kenneth L. Schepler. SPIE, 2017. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering).

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Descloux, D, Walter, G, Dherbecourt, JB, Gorju, G, Melkonian, JM, Raybaut, M, Drag, C & Godard, A 2017, Dispersion tuning of a narrow-linewidth picosecond OPO based on chirped quasi-phase matching with a volume Bragg grating. in KL Vodopyanov & KL Schepler (eds), Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials and Devices XVI., 1008814, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 10088, SPIE, Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials and Devices XVI 2017, San Francisco, United States, 30/01/17. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2252168

Dispersion tuning of a narrow-linewidth picosecond OPO based on chirped quasi-phase matching with a volume Bragg grating. / Descloux, Delphine; Walter, Guillaume; Dherbecourt, Jean Baptiste et al.
Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials and Devices XVI. ed. / Konstantin L. Vodopyanov; Kenneth L. Schepler. SPIE, 2017. 1008814 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 10088).

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Dispersion tuning of a narrow-linewidth picosecond OPO based on chirped quasi-phase matching with a volume Bragg grating

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