Singly resonant cw OPO with simple wavelength tuning

Markku Vainio; Jari Peltola; Stefan Persijn; Frans J M Harren; Lauri Halonen

doi:10.1364/oe.16.011141

Singly resonant cw OPO with simple wavelength tuning

Opt Express. 2008 Jul 21;16(15):11141-6. doi: 10.1364/oe.16.011141.

Authors

Markku Vainio¹, Jari Peltola, Stefan Persijn, Frans J M Harren, Lauri Halonen

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland.

PMID: 18648428
DOI: 10.1364/oe.16.011141

Abstract

A singly resonant continuous-wave optical parametric oscillator (cw OPO) is described. The OPO contains no intracavity etalon, which makes its wavelength tuning simple and straightforward, including only temperature tuning of the nonlinear crystal and wavelength tuning of the pump laser. The OPO provides watt-level output in the mid-infrared region and operates reliably without mode hops for several hours.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Amplifiers, Electronic*
Computer Simulation
Computer-Aided Design*
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Lasers*
Light
Models, Theoretical*
Scattering, Radiation