Power and tuning characteristics of a broadly tunable femtosecond optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled stoichiometric lithium tantalate

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1026-1036

  Rowley, Joseph D ^a   Yang, Shan ^a   Ganikhanov, Feruz ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHED LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ACTIVE CAVITY; FEMTOSECOND OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; FOCUSING EFFECT; FS PULSE; GAIN MATERIALS; HIGH-POWER; INTRACAVITIES; KERR NONLINEARITY; MODE-LOCKED; NONLINEAR OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPERATING RANGES; PARAMETRIC GAIN; PEAK POWER; PERIODICALLY POLED; POWER DENSITIES; PUMP LASER; QUASI PHASE MATCHING; REPETITION RATE; RESONATOR DESIGN; SIGNAL BEAMS; STABLE OPERATION; STOICHIOMETRIC LITHIUM TANTALATES; TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; THIRD-ORDER; TI: SAPPHIRE LASER; ULTRA-FAST; WAVELENGTH TUNING;

LITHIUM;

EID: 79959218809     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.001026     Document Type: Article

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