Transition from single-mode to multimode operation of an injection-seeded pulsed optical parametric oscillator

Richard T. White; Yabai He; Brian J. Orr; Mitsuhiko Kono; K. G H Baldwin

doi:10.1364/OPEX.12.005655

Transition from single-mode to multimode operation of an injection-seeded pulsed optical parametric oscillator

Richard T. White^*, Yabai He, Brian J. Orr, Mitsuhiko Kono, K. G H Baldwin

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Optical-heterodyne measurements are made on ∼842-nm signal output of an injection-seeded optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on periodically poled KTiOPO₄ pumped at 532 nm by long (∼27-ns) pulses from a Nd:YAG laser. At low pump energies (≤ 2.5 times the free-running threshold), the narrowband tunable OPO output is single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) and frequency chirp can be <10 MHz, much less than the transform-limited optical bandwidth (∼17.5 MHz). We explore the transition from SLM operation to multimode operation as pump energy or phase mismatch are increased, causing unseeded cavity modes to build up later in the pulse.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5655-5660
Number of pages	6
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	12
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OPEX.12.005655
Publication status	Published - 2004

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