Applied Physics B

, Volume 60, Issue 5, pp 427–436 | Cite as

Experimental investigation and numerical simulation of the influence of resonator-length detuning on the output power, pulse duration and spectral width of a cw mode-locked picosecond optical parametric oscillator

  • C. Fallnich
  • B. Ruffing
  • Th. Herrmann
  • A. Nebel
  • R. Beigang
  • R. Wallenstein
CW Mode-Locked Optical Parametric Oscillators
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Abstract

We report on a cw mode-locked non-critically phase matched KTP optical parametric oscillator synchronously pumped by a picosecond Ti:Sapphire laser. High average signal output power of up to 950 mW over a large tuning range has been achieved. For this OPO the influence of resonator-length detuning on the output power, pulse duration and spectral bandwidth has been investigated. The measured data are in good agreement with the results of a numerical simulation using a split-step Fourier method which considers the group-velocity mismatch, the group-velocity dispersion and the self-phase modulation. The numerical simulation also describes the measured strong pump depletion and its influence on the OPO output and efficiency.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • C. Fallnich
    • 1
  • B. Ruffing
    • 1
  • Th. Herrmann
    • 1
  • A. Nebel
    • 1
  • R. Beigang
    • 1
  • R. Wallenstein
    • 1
  1. 1.Fachbereich PhysikUniversität KaiserslauternKaiserslauternGermany

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