Demonstration of a cavity-enhanced optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification system

Date
2011-03-28
Authors
Siddiqui, A.
Hong, K. H.
Moses, J.
Chen, J.
Ilday, F. O.
Kartner, F. X.
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Instructor
Source Title
Optics Letters
Print ISSN
0146-9592
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Publisher
Optical Society of America
Volume
36
Issue
7
Pages
1206 - 1208
Language
English
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Article
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Abstract

The use of a low finesse enhancement cavity resonant with a low average power (< 1W) and a high repetition rate (78MHz) pump source is shown to achieve 55% conversion efficiency into signal and idler from the coupled pump in an optical parametric process, whereas an equivalent amount of pump power in a single-pass configuration leads to negligible conversion. Careful comparison of the intracavity conversion process to the single-pass case is performed to assess the underlying impedance matching that yields the high conversion results.

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Laser, Power
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