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Quantum State Engineering of Light with Continuous-wave Optical Parametric Oscillators
Published on: May 30, 2014
Spectral broadening in chirped-pulse optical parametric oscillators based on KTiOAsO4
Abstract:
We report a chirped-pulse optical parametric oscillator (CPOPO) based on a KTiOAsO4 (KTA) crystal. Due to the relatively low ratio between its second-order and third-order nonlinear susceptibility, a single KTA crystal could provide parametric gain and intra-cavity spectral broadening simultaneously in a CPOPO. Numerical simulations show that a signal-bandwidth of 390 nm can be obtained from a KTA-based CPOPO, and the pulses can be de-chirped with a width of ∼20fs outside the OPO cavity. Experimentally, from a fiber-laser-pumped OPO with a 3-mm-long KTA crystal, we obtained a signal wave covering 1332-1667 nm, with a -20dB bandwidth of 45.3 THz, around 12 times as much as the gain-bandwidth of the KTA crystal.
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