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Quantum State Engineering of Light with Continuous-wave Optical Parametric Oscillators
Published on: May 30, 2014
Subnanosecond, 1 kHz, temperature-tuned, noncritical mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator based on CdSiP(2)
Valentin Petrov1, Georgi Marchev, Peter G Schunemann
1Max-Born-Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Ultrafast Spectroscopy, 2A Max-Born-Str., D-12489 Berlin, Germany. petrov@mbi-berlin.de
Abstract:
Operation of an optical parametric oscillator based on CdSiP(2) and pumped at 1064 nm is demonstrated at a repetition rate of 1 kHz. The maximum output idler energy of 24 microJ at 6.125 microm corresponds to an average power of 24 mW. Increasing the crystal temperature up to 150 degrees in the noncritical (90 degrees) configuration leads to idler wavelength tuning from 6.117 to 6.554 microm. Subnanosecond pulse durations are obtained for the signal and idler as a result of the 1 ns pulse duration of the pump, made possible by the rather short crystal and cavity lengths (approximately 1 cm).
