Brewster mirror ultrafast optical parametric oscillator with high precision wavelength tuning

Diana Hunter; Sebastian Robarts; Richard Alexander McCracken

doi:10.1364/OE.507272

Brewster mirror ultrafast optical parametric oscillator with high precision wavelength tuning

Diana Hunter, Sebastian Robarts, Richard Alexander McCracken^*

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Abstract

We demonstrate a synchronously-pumped optical parametric oscillator (OPO) with a cavity formed from high refractive index inverted prisms, also known as Brewster mirrors. Exploiting a single total internal reflection, this is the simplest device capable of deviating a laser beam by 180◦. The OPO produced a chirped signal output tunable from 1060 - 1570 nm with a maximum power of 114 mW. We investigate the geometric properties of ideal and imperfect Brewster mirror prisms and find the latter can provide ∼1000× finer control of the signal wavelength when compared to cavity length tuning.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	39917-39926
Number of pages	10
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	31
Issue number	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.507272
Publication status	Published - 8 Nov 2023

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