Ultra-low threshold CW Triply Resonant OPO in the near infrared using Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate

Marcello Martinelli , K.S. Zhang , Thomas Coudreau (1) , Agnès Maître (1) , Claude Fabre (1)

1 LKB (Jussieu) - Laboratoire Kastler Brossel

We have operated a CW triply resonant OPO using a PPLN crystal pumped by a Nd:YAG laser at 1.06 micron and generating signal and idler modes in the 2-2.3 micron range. The OPO was operated stably in single mode operation over large periods of time with a pump threshold as low as 500 microwatts.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Marcello Martinelli, K.S. Zhang, Thomas Coudreau, Agnès Maître, Claude Fabre. Ultra-low threshold CW Triply Resonant OPO in the near infrared using Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate. Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, 2001, 3, pp.300-303. ⟨hal-00002524⟩