GaAs Optical Parametric Oscillator With Circularly Polarized ad Depolarized Pump

Abstract

We demonstrate an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on GaAs pumped with linearly polarized and circularly polarized light and show that the relative OPO thresholds agree with theoretical expectations. For the circularly polarized pump, the threshold was as low as for the [111]-linearly polarized pump case. The pump was also passed through a Lyot depolarizer to produce pseudo-depolarized light, and the OPO threshold in this case was only 22% higher than that for [001]-linearly polarized pump.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 15, 2007
Accession Number
ADA484967

Entities

People

  • David Weyburne
  • David. Bliss
  • J. S. Harris
  • Konstantin L. Vodopyanov
  • M. M. Fejer
  • P. S. Kuo
  • Xiaolong Yu

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Circular Polarization
  • Crystals
  • Detectors
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • Linear Polarization
  • Materials
  • Nonlinear Optics
  • Optical Materials
  • Optics
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Oscillators
  • Polarization
  • Repetition Rate
  • Waveplates

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.