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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

Applied Physics B volume 60, pages 427–436 (1995)Cite this article

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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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    C. Fallnich, B. Ruffing, Th. Herrmann, A. Nebel, R. Beigang & R. Wallenstein

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Fallnich, C., Ruffing, B., Herrmann, T. et al. 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. Appl. Phys. B 60, 427–436 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01081322

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