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Quantum State Engineering of Light with Continuous-wave Optical Parametric Oscillators
Published on: May 30, 2014
Femtosecond mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator based on CsTiOAsO(4)
Abstract:
A high-repetition-rate Ti:sapphire laser is used to synchronously pump a type-II angle-tuned CsTiOAsO(4) (CTA) optical parametric oscillator. When pumped at 809 nm, the optical parametric oscillator is tunable from 1.007 to 1.180 microm in the signal branch and from 2.590 to 4.120 microm in the idler branch. Powers as high as 235 mW are obtained in the signal branch. Pulse widths as short as 56 fs are generated at 1.115 microm. CTA is shown to have a unique combination of low walk-off and low dispersion that contributes to its high gain and conversion efficiency.
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