Low-threshold highly efficient backward wave OPO

Kjell Martin Mølster (1) , Marie Guionie (2) , Patrick Mutter (1) , Jean-Baptiste Dherbecourt (2) , Jean-Michel Melkonian (2) , Xavier Delen (3) , Andrius Zukauskas (1) , Carlota Canalias (1) , Fredrik Laurell (1) , Patrick Georges (3) , Myriam Raybaut (2) , Antoine Godard (2) , Valdas Pasiskevicius (1, 3)

1 KTH - KTH Royal Institute of Technology [Stockholm]
2 DPHY, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Palaiseau]
3 Laboratoire Charles Fabry / Lasers

Cavity-free, precision-tunable source of a nanosecond, mJ-level, pulses consisting of backward optical parametric oscillator pumped by diode-seeded laser amplifier shows a record threshold of 19 MW/cm 2 and an optical-to-optical efficiency exceeding 70%.

Keywords: Diode amplifier; Optical parametric amplifier; Optical parametric oscillator; Optically pumped laser; Parametric amplifier

Keywords: DIODE; AMPLIFICATEUR OPTIQUE; AMPLIFICATEUR PARAMETRIQUE; OSCILLATEUR PARAMETRIQUE OPTIQUE; POMPAGE; LASER

Domains: Optics [physics.optics]

Kjell Martin Mølster, Marie Guionie, Patrick Mutter, Jean-Baptiste Dherbecourt, Jean-Michel Melkonian, et al.. Low-threshold highly efficient backward wave OPO. 2022 Advanced Photonics Congress, Optica, Jul 2022, Maastricht, Netherlands. NpTu1G.5, ⟨10.1364/NP.2022.NpTu1G.5⟩. ⟨hal-04059870⟩