Abstract
The operation and characterization of a high-repetition-rate singly-resonant picosecond optical parametric oscillator based on the non-linear material KTiOAsO4 and synchronously pumped by a Kerr-lens-mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser at 81 MHz is described. By utilizing non-critical type II phase-matching in a 10 mm crystal, average near-infrared output powers of 403 mW have been generated at 31% extraction efficiency. The oscillator exhibits a pump power threshold of 230 mW and with the available mirror set can provide signal tuning over 1.116-1.281 mu m and idler tuning over 2.260-3.160 by mu m tuning the pump wavelength over 770-896 nm. Without dispersion compensation, near-transform-limited signal pulses with durations of 1.01-1.03 ps and idler pulses with 1.61-2.91 ps duration have been obtained for 1.2 ps input pump pulses.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 999-1021 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | Optical and Quantum Electronics |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 11 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 1997 |