Optimization of the idler wavelength tunable cascaded optical parametric oscillator based on chirp-assisted aperiodically poled lithium niobate crystal

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    摘要 Wepresentthenumericalresultsfortheoptimizationofthepump-to-idlerconversionefficienciesofnanosecondidlerwavelengthtunablecascadedopticalparametricoscillators(OPO)indifferentwavelengthtuningranges,wheretheprimarysignalsfromtheOPOprocessarerecycledtoenhancethepump-to-idlerconversionefficienciesviathesimultaneousdifferencefrequencygeneration(DFG)processbymonolithicaperiodicallypoled,magnesiumoxidedopedlithiumniobate(APMgLN)crystals.TheAPMgLNcrystalsaredesignedwithdifferentchirpparametersfortheDFGprocesstobroadentheirthermalacceptancebandwidthstodifferentextents.TheidlerwavelengthtuningofthecascadedOPOisrealizedbychangingthetemperatureofthedesignedAPMgLNcrystalandthecascadedoscillationisachievedinasinglepumppasssinglyresonantlinearcavity.Thepump-to-idlerconversionefficiencieswithrespecttothepumppulsedurationandratioofOPOcoefficienttoDFGcoefficientarecalculatedbynumericallysolvingthecoupledwaveequations.TheoptimalworkingconditionsofthetunablecascadedOPOspumpedbypulseswithenergiesof350μJand700μJarecomparedtoobtainthegeneralrulesofoptimization.ItisconcludedthattheoptimizationbecomestheinterplaybetweentheratioofOPOcoefficienttoDFGcoefficientandthepumppulsedurationwhentheidlerwavelengthtuningrangeandthepumppulseenergyarefixed.Besides,higherpumppulseenergyisbeneficialforreachinghigheroptimalpump-to-idlerconversionefficiencyaslongastheAPMgLNcrystalisoptimizedaccordingtothispumpcondition.Tothebestofourknowledge,thisisthefirstnumericalanalysisofidlerwavelengthtunablecascadedOPOsbasedonchirp-assistedAPMgLNcrystals.
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    出处 《中国物理B:英文版》 2016年1期
    出版日期 2016年01月11日(中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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