Bidirectional, synchronously pumped, ring optical parametric oscillator
Xianmei Meng800 Yale Boulevard NE, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131Jean‐Claude Diels800 Yale Boulevard NE, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131Dietrich KuehlkeFachhochschule Furtwangen, D-78120, Furtwangen , GermanyRobert G. BatchkoGinzton Laboratory, University of Stanford, Stanford, California 94305Robert L. ByerGinzton Laboratory, University of Stanford, Stanford, California 94305
2001en
ABI
Abstract
We report the operation of a bidirectional femtosecond pulsed ring optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled lithium niobate, pumped alternately with nonsimultaneous pulses from a Ti:sapphire mode-locked laser. A beat note between the two counterpropagating beams attests to a gyro response without dead band. The sensitivity of the device to differential phase changes is demonstrated by measurement of the nonlinear index of lithium niobate.
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