Self-phase-locked divide-by-2 optical parametric oscillator as a broadband frequency comb source

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 876-882

  Wong, Samuel T ^a,b   Vodopyanov, Konstantin L ^a   Byer, Robert L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Q Peak Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF STATE; LITHIUM; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PUMPS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

1550 NM; ACTIVE CAVITY; BEAT FREQUENCY; BROADBAND FREQUENCY; COHERENCE PROPERTIES; DIVIDE-BY-2; EXTERNAL PERTURBATIONS; FS PULSE; INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENTS; LONGITUDINAL MODES; MODE-LOCKED; MODEL-BASED; NONLINEAR GAINS; NONLINEAR WAVE EQUATION; OUTPUT PULSE; PERIODICALLY POLED LITHIUM NIOBATE; PHASE LOCKED STATE; PHASE-LOCKING; PUMP LASER; PUMP POWER; SELF-PHASE; SPECTRAL BROADENING; SPECTRAL WIDTHS; SUBHARMONICS; SYNCHRONOUSLY PUMPED OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR; TI: SAPPHIRE LASER;

OPTICAL PUMPING;

EID: 77955704197     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.000876     Document Type: Article

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