Applied Physics Letters · 1968 · 31 citations · 2 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringOpticsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsHigh-frequency Power ConversionLaser OpticsLaser PhysicsNonlinear OpticsOptical SourcesLaser EfficiencyNonlinear Frequency ConversionOptical Frequency ConversionOptical Parametric OscillationOptical Parametric OscillatorsPower OutputPumps
Efficiencies of 36% have been observed for the conversion of pumping power to optical parametric oscillator (OPO) output power by pumping with the second harmonic of a pulsed single-mode laser. Previous reports which all used multimode pumps gave a maximum efficiency of about 1%. Unlike oscillators with multimode pumps, field amplitudes were observed to approach steady-state values and the OPO functioned as a power limiter for transmitted pump light. Good agreement has been found between theoretical and experimental conversion efficiencies.
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Physics of Quantum Electronics
Paul Kelley, B. Lax, P. E. Tannenwald · 1966 · 573 citations
Nonlinear Optical Effects: An Optical Power Limiter
A. E. Siegman · Applied Optics · 1962 · 100 citations