Polarization-mixing optical parametric oscillator

Gal Kalmani; Ady Arie; Pinhas Blau; Shaul Pearl; Arlee V. Smith

doi:10.1364/OL.30.002146

Polarization-mixing optical parametric oscillator

Gal Kalmani, Ady Arie, Pinhas Blau, Shaul Pearl, Arlee V. Smith

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We report the experimental realization of a new type of optical parametric oscillator in which oscillation is achieved by polarization rotation in a linear retarder, followed by nonlinear polarization mixing. The mixing is performed by a type II degenerate parametric downconversion in a periodically poled KTP crystal pumped by a 1064 nm pulsed Nd:YAG pump. A single, linearly polarized beam, precisely at the degenerate wavelength is generated. The output spectrum has a narrow linewidth (below the instrumentation bandwidth of 1 nm) and is highly stable with respect to variations in the crystal temperature.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2146-2148
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	30
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.30.002146
State	Published - 15 Aug 2005
Externally published	Yes

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