Intracavity frequency conversion: from bow-ties to whispering galleries

Ingo Breunig; Rosita Sowade; Jens Kießling; Tobias Beckmann; Heiko Linnenbank; Daniel Haertle; Karsten Buse

doi:10.1117/12.847167

17 February 2010 Intracavity frequency conversion: from bow-ties to whispering galleries

Ingo Breunig, Rosita Sowade, Jens Kießling, Tobias Beckmann, Heiko Linnenbank, Daniel Haertle, Karsten Buse

Proceedings Volume 7579, Laser Resonators and Beam Control XII; 75790V (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.847167
Event: SPIE LASE, 2010, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Providing optical feedback by a resonator enhances the efficiency of nonlinear optical effects, e.g. frequency conversion. The bow-tie cavity is known to be a very successful scheme and it has made its way into the commercial world of second harmonic generation and parametric oscillation. We demonstrate a continuouswave optical parametric oscillator based on a bow-tie cavity converting monochromatic pump light at 1.03 μm wavelength to signal light being tunable from 1.25 to 1.85 μm and to corresponding idler light from 2.3 to 5.3 μm. We observe a signal power of up to 7 W, an idler power up to 3 W, and a mode-hop free operation over 10 h without any active stabilization. Furthermore, we have extended the tuning range of the parametric oscillator to the terahertz region: Our system converts near-infrared pump light to a monochromatic wave with a frequency of 1.35 THz and a power of 2 μW. Now, the straightforward next development step is to reduce the footprint of such devices. For this purpose another type of ring cavity is very promising: the whispering gallery resonator. This system offers unequaled opportunities because of its low loss leading to a high finesse. We discuss the challenges for transferring the parametric oscillation scheme to whispering gallery resonators, addressing the preparation of suitable resonators with a quality factor of 107 and a finesse of 500 and locking of the pump laser to a cavity mode for 3 hours.

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Ingo Breunig, Rosita Sowade, Jens Kießling, Tobias Beckmann, Heiko Linnenbank, Daniel Haertle, and Karsten Buse "Intracavity frequency conversion: from bow-ties to whispering galleries", Proc. SPIE 7579, Laser Resonators and Beam Control XII, 75790V (17 February 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.847167

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Resonators

Optical parametric oscillators

Phase matching

Crystals

Frequency conversion

Terahertz radiation

Lithium niobate

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