Analysis of all-semiconductor intracavity optical parametric oscillators

摘要

We propose a novel scheme for efficient parametric generation of mid-IR light by use of an optical cavity, incorporating a semiconductor nonlinear medium and a semiconductor laser amplifier. We evaluate theoretically the threshold and the conversion efficiency of the proposed scheme and show its advantages over conventional optical parametric oscillators. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America. [References: 7]