Generation of tunable picosecond pulses by synchronous pumping of a periodically poled lithium niobate optical parametric oscillator

摘要

A tunable quasi phase-matched optical parametric oscillator synchronously pumped at 1.047 /spl mu/m is reported. The signal was tuned from 1.33 to 1.45 /spl mu/m, corresponding to a calculated idler tuning range of 2.67-4.86 /spl mu/m. Average signal powers of up to 100 mW and pulse durations of 3.2 ps were obtained.