The generation of power-and wavelength-scalable few optical cycle pulses remains one of the major challenges in modern laser physics.Over the past decade,the development of table-top optical parametric chirped pulse a...The generation of power-and wavelength-scalable few optical cycle pulses remains one of the major challenges in modern laser physics.Over the past decade,the development of table-top optical parametric chirped pulse amplificationbased systems was progressing at amazing speed,demonstrating excellent performance characteristics in terms of pulse duration,energy,peak power and repetition rate,which place them at the front line of modern ultrafast laser technology.At present,table-top optical parametric chirped pulse amplifiers comprise a unique class of ultrafast light sources,which currently amplify octave-spanning spectra and produce carrier-envelope phase-stable,few optical cycle pulses with multi-gigawatt to multi-terawatt peak powers and multi-watt average powers,with carrier wavelengths spanning a considerable range of the optical spectrum.This article gives an overview on the state of the art of table-top optical parametric chirped pulse amplifiers,addressing their relevant scientific and technological aspects,and provides a short outlook of practical applications in the growing field of ultrafast science.展开更多
We demonstrate a high power,widely tunable femtosecond MgO-doped periodically poled lithium niobate(MgO:PPLN)optical parametric oscillator(OPO)at 151 MHz,pumped by a Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:KGW laser.With a maximum p...We demonstrate a high power,widely tunable femtosecond MgO-doped periodically poled lithium niobate(MgO:PPLN)optical parametric oscillator(OPO)at 151 MHz,pumped by a Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:KGW laser.With a maximum pump power of 7 W,the OPO is capable of delivering as high as 2.2 W of the signal centered around 1500 nm with tunable signal spectrum ranges of 1377 nm-1730 nm at an extraction efficiency of 31.4%,which exhibits a long-term passive power stability better than 0.71%rms over 4 h.The maximum idler bandwidths of 185 nm at 3613 nm are obtained across the idler tuning ranges of 2539 nm-4191 nm.By compensating intracavity dispersion,the signal has the shortest pulse duration of 170 fs at 1428 nm.展开更多
We demonstrate a Fe:ZnSe laser gain-switched by a 2.9 m ZnGeP2 optical parametric oscillator under pulse repetition frequency of 1 kHz at liquid nitrogen temperature of 77 K. The maximum output power is 63 m W with pu...We demonstrate a Fe:ZnSe laser gain-switched by a 2.9 m ZnGeP2 optical parametric oscillator under pulse repetition frequency of 1 kHz at liquid nitrogen temperature of 77 K. The maximum output power is 63 m W with pulse duration of 34.4 ns. The wavelength covers 3686.6–4088.6 nm and centers at 3897.7 nm. The output power decreases with increasing the temperature of the crystal in 77–222 K.展开更多
Long-wave infrared(IR) generation based on type-II(o→e+o) phase matching ZnGeP 2(ZGP) and CdSe optical parametric oscillators(OPOs) pumped by a 2.05 μm Tm,Ho:GdVO 4 laser is reported.The comparisons of the birefring...Long-wave infrared(IR) generation based on type-II(o→e+o) phase matching ZnGeP 2(ZGP) and CdSe optical parametric oscillators(OPOs) pumped by a 2.05 μm Tm,Ho:GdVO 4 laser is reported.The comparisons of the birefringent walk-off effect and the oscillation threshold between ZGP and CdSe OPOs are performed theoretically and experimentally.For the ZGP OPO,up to 419 mW output at 8.04 μm is obtained at the 8 kHz pump pulse repetition frequency(PRF) with a slope efficiency of 7.6%.This ZGP OPO can be continuously tuned from 7.8 to 8.5 μm.For the CdSe OPO,we demonstrate a 64 mW output at 8.9 μm with a single crystal 28 mm in length.展开更多
This paper reports a continuous-wave (CW) mid-infrared intracavity singly resonant optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) pumped by a diode-end-pumped CW Nd:YVO 4 laser. Consi...This paper reports a continuous-wave (CW) mid-infrared intracavity singly resonant optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) pumped by a diode-end-pumped CW Nd:YVO 4 laser. Considering the thermal lens effects, it adopted an optical ballast lens and the near-concentric cavity for better operation. At the PPLN's grating period of 28.5 μm and the temperature of 140 C, the maximum idler output power of 155 mW at 3.86 μm has been achieved when the 808 nm pump power is 8.5 W, leading to an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 1.82%.展开更多
In this paper we report on a continuous-wave (CW) intracavity singly resonant optical parametric oscillator (ICSRO) based on periodically poled LiNbO3 (PPLN) pumped by a diode-end-pumped CW Nd:YVO4 laser. Considering ...In this paper we report on a continuous-wave (CW) intracavity singly resonant optical parametric oscillator (ICSRO) based on periodically poled LiNbO3 (PPLN) pumped by a diode-end-pumped CW Nd:YVO4 laser. Considering the thermal lens effects and diffraction loss, an optical ballast lens and a near-concentric cavity are adopted for better operation. Through varying the grating period and the temperature, the tunable signal output from 1406 nm to 1513 nm is obtained. At a PPLN grating period of 29 μm and a temperature of 413 K, a maximum signal output power of 820 mW at 1500 nm is achieved when the 808 nm pump power is 10.9 W, leading to an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 7.51%.展开更多
We report a low noise continuous-wave（CW） single-frequency 1.5-μm laser source obtained by a singly resonant optical parametric oscillator（SRO） based on periodically poled lithium niobate（PPLN）.The SRO was pump...We report a low noise continuous-wave（CW） single-frequency 1.5-μm laser source obtained by a singly resonant optical parametric oscillator（SRO） based on periodically poled lithium niobate（PPLN）.The SRO was pumped by a CW single-frequency Nd:YVO4 laser at 1.06μm.The 1.02 W of CW single-frequency signal laser at 1.5μm was obtained at pump power of 6 W.At the output power of around 0.75 W,the power stability was better than±1.5% and no mode-hopping was observed in 30 min and frequency stability was better than 8.5 MHz in 1 min.The signal wavelength could be tuned from 1.57 to 1.59μm by varying the PPLN temperature.The 1.5-μm laser exhibits low noise characteristics,the intensity noise of the laser reaches the shot noise limit（SNL） at an analysis frequency of 4 MHz and the phase noise is less than 1 dB above the SNL at analysis frequencies above 10 MHz.展开更多
The angular spectrum gain characters and the power magnification characters of high gain non-walk-off colinear optical parametric oscillators have been studied using the non-colinear phase match method for the first t...The angular spectrum gain characters and the power magnification characters of high gain non-walk-off colinear optical parametric oscillators have been studied using the non-colinear phase match method for the first time.The experimental results of the KTiOAsO 4 and the KTiOPO 4 crystals are discussed in detail.At the high energy single resonant condition,low reflective ratio of the output mirror for the signal and long non-linear crystal are beneficial for small divergence angles.This method can also be used for other high gain non-walk-off phase match optical parametric processes.展开更多
We demonstrate a widely tunable near-infrared source from 767 nm to 874 nm generated by the intracavity second harmonic generation(SHG) in an optical parametric oscillator pumped by a Yb:LYSO solid-state laser. The ho...We demonstrate a widely tunable near-infrared source from 767 nm to 874 nm generated by the intracavity second harmonic generation(SHG) in an optical parametric oscillator pumped by a Yb:LYSO solid-state laser. The home-made Yb:LYSO oscillator centered at 1035 nm delivers an average power of 2 W and a pulse duration as short as 351 fs. Two Mg O doped periodically poled lithium niobates(Mg O:PPLN) with grating periods of 28.5–31.5 μm in steps of 0.5 μm and19.5–21.3 μm in steps of 0.2 μm are used for the OPO and intracavity SHG, respectively. The maximum average output power of 180 m W at 798 nm was obtained and the output pulses have pulse duration of 313 fs at 792 nm if a sech2-pulse shape was assumed. In addition, tunable signal femtosecond pulses from 1428 nm to 1763 nm are also realized with the maximum average power of 355 m W at 1628 nm.展开更多
A scheme to generate entanglement in a cavity optomechanical system filled with an optical parametric amplifier is proposed. With the help of the optical parametric amplifier, the stationary macroscopic entanglement b...A scheme to generate entanglement in a cavity optomechanical system filled with an optical parametric amplifier is proposed. With the help of the optical parametric amplifier, the stationary macroscopic entanglement between the movable mirror and the cavity field can be notably enhanced, and the entanglement increases when the parametric gain increases.Moreover, for a given parametric gain, the degree of entanglement of the cavity optomechanical system increases with increasing input laser power.展开更多
A novel high-energy picosecond optical parametric oscillator(OPO)was realized by placing an OPO in a secondharmonic(SH)cavity.In a proof-of-principle experiment,we demonstrated excellent burst energy of 45μJ for the ...A novel high-energy picosecond optical parametric oscillator(OPO)was realized by placing an OPO in a secondharmonic(SH)cavity.In a proof-of-principle experiment,we demonstrated excellent burst energy of 45μJ for the OPO signal at 900 nm that operates at a pulse repetition rate of 10 k Hz and a pulse width of 46.8 ps.The beam quality was measured as M_(x)^(2)=1.44 and M_(y)^(2)=1.40 in the orthogonal directions,corresponding to an average beam factor M^(2)=1.42.So far,this study is the first to investigate high-energy ps OPO synchronously pumped in a second-harmonic cavity.展开更多
We report on an idler-resonant femtosecond optical parametrical oscillator(OPO)based on BiB_(3)O_(6)(BiBO)crystal,synchronously pumped by a frequency-doubled,mode-locked Yb:KGW laser at 515 nm.The idler wavelengths of...We report on an idler-resonant femtosecond optical parametrical oscillator(OPO)based on BiB_(3)O_(6)(BiBO)crystal,synchronously pumped by a frequency-doubled,mode-locked Yb:KGW laser at 515 nm.The idler wavelengths of OPO can be tuned from 1100 nm to 1540 nm.At a repetition rate of 75.5 MHz,the OPO generates as much as 400 mW of idler power with 3.1 W of pump power,the corresponding pulse duration is 80 fs,which is 1.04 times of Fourier transform-limited(FTL)pulse duration at 1305 nm.In addition,the OPO exhibits excellent beam quality with M^(2)<1.8 at 1150 nm.To the best of our knowledge,this is the first idler-resonant femtosecond OPO pumped by 515 nm.展开更多
In theory, we study the quantum fluctuations of the subharmonic reflected field from a triple-resonant degenerate optical parametric amplifier (OPA) inside an optical cavity. We discuss two cases, where the linewidth ...In theory, we study the quantum fluctuations of the subharmonic reflected field from a triple-resonant degenerate optical parametric amplifier (OPA) inside an optical cavity. We discuss two cases, where the linewidth of the harmonic field is either much narrower or broader than the subharmonic field. Since an electromagnetically-induced-transparency (EIT)-like effect can be simulated in a triple-resonant OPA, the output spectra from a triple-resonant OPA with a squeezed vacuum input may simulate the phenomenon of the response of an EIT medium for squeezed states. This scheme can be implemented with present experimental setups.展开更多
We demonstrate a broadband optical parametric oscillation,using a sheet cavity,via cavity phase-matching.A21.2 THz broad comb-like spectrum is achieved,with a uniform line spacing of 133.0 GHz,despite a relatively lar...We demonstrate a broadband optical parametric oscillation,using a sheet cavity,via cavity phase-matching.A21.2 THz broad comb-like spectrum is achieved,with a uniform line spacing of 133.0 GHz,despite a relatively large dispersion of 275.4 fs^(2)/mm around 1064 nm.With 22.6% high slope efficiency,and 14.9 kW peak power handling,this sheet optical parametric oscillator can be further developed for x^((2)) comb.展开更多
Combined with the optical beam deflection,a novel approach of phase matched broadband scanning optical parametric chirped pulse amplification(OPCPA)was proposed.For this scheme,there was no superfluous operations to t...Combined with the optical beam deflection,a novel approach of phase matched broadband scanning optical parametric chirped pulse amplification(OPCPA)was proposed.For this scheme,there was no superfluous operations to the chirped signal pulse which propagated in a changeless direction straightforward,but the pump beam were deflected in space with time by passing through a KTN crystal,which was applied with varied driving voltage.The theories of phase matching of each chirped signal frequency based on pump beam deflection was analyzed detailedly.And the type-I amplification of chirped signal with 800 nm central wavelength and 20 nm bandwidth pumped by 532 nm in BBO crystal was simulated as a case in point.The simulation results showed that the spectral distribution of chirped signal pulse was almost the same as the initial form,i.e.,there was nearly no narrowing on the amplified spectrum by using of the scanning OPCPA based on pump beam deflection.In addition,the simulations demonstrated that it was worth minimizing the voltage deviation applied to KTN crystal as much as possible for the sake of better waveform,larger bandwidth and higher conversion efficiency of amplified signal pulse in the proposed scanning OPCPA.展开更多
A new type of self-pulsing oscillation with a period tR has been observed in liquid crystal hybrid optical bistable devices.Theoretical analysis indicates that,a square wave Self-pulsing oscillation with a period tR e...A new type of self-pulsing oscillation with a period tR has been observed in liquid crystal hybrid optical bistable devices.Theoretical analysis indicates that,a square wave Self-pulsing oscillation with a period tR exists in bistable regions,and when suitable parameter values are chosen,bifurcation will appear in the upper branch of optical bistable regions and overlay the peak part of the square wave self-pulsing.This new type of oscillation and the concomitant bifurcation predicted by theory are in agreement with the experimental results.展开更多
基金We are grateful to Dr.D.Kaškelytėfor building a comprehensive literature database on OPCPA.We also would like to add the following dedication at the very end of the paper:This article is dedicated to the memory of Professor Algis Petras Piskarskas(1942-2022).
文摘The generation of power-and wavelength-scalable few optical cycle pulses remains one of the major challenges in modern laser physics.Over the past decade,the development of table-top optical parametric chirped pulse amplificationbased systems was progressing at amazing speed,demonstrating excellent performance characteristics in terms of pulse duration,energy,peak power and repetition rate,which place them at the front line of modern ultrafast laser technology.At present,table-top optical parametric chirped pulse amplifiers comprise a unique class of ultrafast light sources,which currently amplify octave-spanning spectra and produce carrier-envelope phase-stable,few optical cycle pulses with multi-gigawatt to multi-terawatt peak powers and multi-watt average powers,with carrier wavelengths spanning a considerable range of the optical spectrum.This article gives an overview on the state of the art of table-top optical parametric chirped pulse amplifiers,addressing their relevant scientific and technological aspects,and provides a short outlook of practical applications in the growing field of ultrafast science.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.62165012 and 61665010)the Key Research and Development Projects in Gansu Province,China(Grant No.21YFIGE300)+4 种基金Gansu Province College Industry Support Plan Project(Grant Nos.2020C-23 and 2022CYZC-59)the Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province,China(Grant Nos.21JR7RE173 and 20JR5RA494)Qinzhou District Science and Technology Plan Project(Grant No.2021-SHFZG-1442)the Scientific Research Innovation Platform Construction Project of Tianshui Normal University,Gansu Province,China(Grant No.PTJ2022-06)Science and Technology Supporting Program Project of Tianshui City(Grant Nos.2022-FZJHK-8548,2019-FZJHK-9891,and 2020-FZJHK-9757).
文摘We demonstrate a high power,widely tunable femtosecond MgO-doped periodically poled lithium niobate(MgO:PPLN)optical parametric oscillator(OPO)at 151 MHz,pumped by a Kerr-lens mode-locked Yb:KGW laser.With a maximum pump power of 7 W,the OPO is capable of delivering as high as 2.2 W of the signal centered around 1500 nm with tunable signal spectrum ranges of 1377 nm-1730 nm at an extraction efficiency of 31.4%,which exhibits a long-term passive power stability better than 0.71%rms over 4 h.The maximum idler bandwidths of 185 nm at 3613 nm are obtained across the idler tuning ranges of 2539 nm-4191 nm.By compensating intracavity dispersion,the signal has the shortest pulse duration of 170 fs at 1428 nm.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 51572053the Science Fund for Outstanding Youths of Heilongjiang Province under Grant No JQ201310
文摘We demonstrate a Fe:ZnSe laser gain-switched by a 2.9 m ZnGeP2 optical parametric oscillator under pulse repetition frequency of 1 kHz at liquid nitrogen temperature of 77 K. The maximum output power is 63 m W with pulse duration of 34.4 ns. The wavelength covers 3686.6–4088.6 nm and centers at 3897.7 nm. The output power decreases with increasing the temperature of the crystal in 77–222 K.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 60878011 and 61078008)the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University,China (Grant No. NCET-10-0067)
文摘Long-wave infrared(IR) generation based on type-II(o→e+o) phase matching ZnGeP 2(ZGP) and CdSe optical parametric oscillators(OPOs) pumped by a 2.05 μm Tm,Ho:GdVO 4 laser is reported.The comparisons of the birefringent walk-off effect and the oscillation threshold between ZGP and CdSe OPOs are performed theoretically and experimentally.For the ZGP OPO,up to 419 mW output at 8.04 μm is obtained at the 8 kHz pump pulse repetition frequency(PRF) with a slope efficiency of 7.6%.This ZGP OPO can be continuously tuned from 7.8 to 8.5 μm.For the CdSe OPO,we demonstrate a 64 mW output at 8.9 μm with a single crystal 28 mm in length.
基金Project supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 10474071, 60637010, 60671036 and60278001)Tianjin Applied Fundamental Research Project, China (07JCZDJC05900)
文摘This paper reports a continuous-wave (CW) mid-infrared intracavity singly resonant optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) pumped by a diode-end-pumped CW Nd:YVO 4 laser. Considering the thermal lens effects, it adopted an optical ballast lens and the near-concentric cavity for better operation. At the PPLN's grating period of 28.5 μm and the temperature of 140 C, the maximum idler output power of 155 mW at 3.86 μm has been achieved when the 808 nm pump power is 8.5 W, leading to an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 1.82%.
基金Project supported partly by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 60637010 and 60671036)the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No 2007CB310403)the Tianjin Applied Fundamental Research Project, China(Grant No 07JCZDJC05900)
文摘In this paper we report on a continuous-wave (CW) intracavity singly resonant optical parametric oscillator (ICSRO) based on periodically poled LiNbO3 (PPLN) pumped by a diode-end-pumped CW Nd:YVO4 laser. Considering the thermal lens effects and diffraction loss, an optical ballast lens and a near-concentric cavity are adopted for better operation. Through varying the grating period and the temperature, the tunable signal output from 1406 nm to 1513 nm is obtained. At a PPLN grating period of 29 μm and a temperature of 413 K, a maximum signal output power of 820 mW at 1500 nm is achieved when the 808 nm pump power is 10.9 W, leading to an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 7.51%.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.60878003)the Science Fund for Excellent Research Team of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.60821004)the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2010CB923101)
文摘We report a low noise continuous-wave（CW） single-frequency 1.5-μm laser source obtained by a singly resonant optical parametric oscillator（SRO） based on periodically poled lithium niobate（PPLN）.The SRO was pumped by a CW single-frequency Nd:YVO4 laser at 1.06μm.The 1.02 W of CW single-frequency signal laser at 1.5μm was obtained at pump power of 6 W.At the output power of around 0.75 W,the power stability was better than±1.5% and no mode-hopping was observed in 30 min and frequency stability was better than 8.5 MHz in 1 min.The signal wavelength could be tuned from 1.57 to 1.59μm by varying the PPLN temperature.The 1.5-μm laser exhibits low noise characteristics,the intensity noise of the laser reaches the shot noise limit（SNL） at an analysis frequency of 4 MHz and the phase noise is less than 1 dB above the SNL at analysis frequencies above 10 MHz.
文摘The angular spectrum gain characters and the power magnification characters of high gain non-walk-off colinear optical parametric oscillators have been studied using the non-colinear phase match method for the first time.The experimental results of the KTiOAsO 4 and the KTiOPO 4 crystals are discussed in detail.At the high energy single resonant condition,low reflective ratio of the output mirror for the signal and long non-linear crystal are beneficial for small divergence angles.This method can also be used for other high gain non-walk-off phase match optical parametric processes.
基金supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2013CB922402)the National Key Scientific Instruments Development Program of China(Grant No.2012YQ120047)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61205130 and 11174361)the Key Deployment Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.KJZD-EW-L11-03)
文摘We demonstrate a widely tunable near-infrared source from 767 nm to 874 nm generated by the intracavity second harmonic generation(SHG) in an optical parametric oscillator pumped by a Yb:LYSO solid-state laser. The home-made Yb:LYSO oscillator centered at 1035 nm delivers an average power of 2 W and a pulse duration as short as 351 fs. Two Mg O doped periodically poled lithium niobates(Mg O:PPLN) with grating periods of 28.5–31.5 μm in steps of 0.5 μm and19.5–21.3 μm in steps of 0.2 μm are used for the OPO and intracavity SHG, respectively. The maximum average output power of 180 m W at 798 nm was obtained and the output pulses have pulse duration of 313 fs at 792 nm if a sech2-pulse shape was assumed. In addition, tunable signal femtosecond pulses from 1428 nm to 1763 nm are also realized with the maximum average power of 355 m W at 1628 nm.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11247001)the Scientific Research Foundation of the Higher Education Institutions of Anhui Province,China(Grant No.KJ2012A083)the Doctor(Master)Fund of Anhui University of Science and Technology,China
文摘A scheme to generate entanglement in a cavity optomechanical system filled with an optical parametric amplifier is proposed. With the help of the optical parametric amplifier, the stationary macroscopic entanglement between the movable mirror and the cavity field can be notably enhanced, and the entanglement increases when the parametric gain increases.Moreover, for a given parametric gain, the degree of entanglement of the cavity optomechanical system increases with increasing input laser power.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.62005215)。
文摘A novel high-energy picosecond optical parametric oscillator(OPO)was realized by placing an OPO in a secondharmonic(SH)cavity.In a proof-of-principle experiment,we demonstrated excellent burst energy of 45μJ for the OPO signal at 900 nm that operates at a pulse repetition rate of 10 k Hz and a pulse width of 46.8 ps.The beam quality was measured as M_(x)^(2)=1.44 and M_(y)^(2)=1.40 in the orthogonal directions,corresponding to an average beam factor M^(2)=1.42.So far,this study is the first to investigate high-energy ps OPO synchronously pumped in a second-harmonic cavity.
基金Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province,China(Grant No.2018B090904003)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11774410 and 91850209)the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDB16030200).
文摘We report on an idler-resonant femtosecond optical parametrical oscillator(OPO)based on BiB_(3)O_(6)(BiBO)crystal,synchronously pumped by a frequency-doubled,mode-locked Yb:KGW laser at 515 nm.The idler wavelengths of OPO can be tuned from 1100 nm to 1540 nm.At a repetition rate of 75.5 MHz,the OPO generates as much as 400 mW of idler power with 3.1 W of pump power,the corresponding pulse duration is 80 fs,which is 1.04 times of Fourier transform-limited(FTL)pulse duration at 1305 nm.In addition,the OPO exhibits excellent beam quality with M^(2)<1.8 at 1150 nm.To the best of our knowledge,this is the first idler-resonant femtosecond OPO pumped by 515 nm.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2011CB921601)the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Excellent Research Team (Grant No. 61121064)+1 种基金the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (Grant No. 20111401130001)the Graduate Outstanding Innovation Item of Shanxi Province, China (Grant No. 20113001)
文摘In theory, we study the quantum fluctuations of the subharmonic reflected field from a triple-resonant degenerate optical parametric amplifier (OPA) inside an optical cavity. We discuss two cases, where the linewidth of the harmonic field is either much narrower or broader than the subharmonic field. Since an electromagnetically-induced-transparency (EIT)-like effect can be simulated in a triple-resonant OPA, the output spectra from a triple-resonant OPA with a squeezed vacuum input may simulate the phenomenon of the response of an EIT medium for squeezed states. This scheme can be implemented with present experimental setups.
基金Supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant Nos.2019YFA0705000 and 2017YFA0303700)the Key R&D Program of Guangdong Province(Grant No.2018B030329001)+1 种基金the Leading-Edge Technology Program of Jiangsu Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.BK20192001)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51890861,11690031,11621091,and 11674169)。
文摘We demonstrate a broadband optical parametric oscillation,using a sheet cavity,via cavity phase-matching.A21.2 THz broad comb-like spectrum is achieved,with a uniform line spacing of 133.0 GHz,despite a relatively large dispersion of 275.4 fs^(2)/mm around 1064 nm.With 22.6% high slope efficiency,and 14.9 kW peak power handling,this sheet optical parametric oscillator can be further developed for x^((2)) comb.
基金supported by Science and Technology Innovation Seedling Project of Sichuan Province,China(Grant No.2018100)Major Project of CDNU(Grant No.CS18ZDZ0511).
文摘Combined with the optical beam deflection,a novel approach of phase matched broadband scanning optical parametric chirped pulse amplification(OPCPA)was proposed.For this scheme,there was no superfluous operations to the chirped signal pulse which propagated in a changeless direction straightforward,but the pump beam were deflected in space with time by passing through a KTN crystal,which was applied with varied driving voltage.The theories of phase matching of each chirped signal frequency based on pump beam deflection was analyzed detailedly.And the type-I amplification of chirped signal with 800 nm central wavelength and 20 nm bandwidth pumped by 532 nm in BBO crystal was simulated as a case in point.The simulation results showed that the spectral distribution of chirped signal pulse was almost the same as the initial form,i.e.,there was nearly no narrowing on the amplified spectrum by using of the scanning OPCPA based on pump beam deflection.In addition,the simulations demonstrated that it was worth minimizing the voltage deviation applied to KTN crystal as much as possible for the sake of better waveform,larger bandwidth and higher conversion efficiency of amplified signal pulse in the proposed scanning OPCPA.
文摘A new type of self-pulsing oscillation with a period tR has been observed in liquid crystal hybrid optical bistable devices.Theoretical analysis indicates that,a square wave Self-pulsing oscillation with a period tR exists in bistable regions,and when suitable parameter values are chosen,bifurcation will appear in the upper branch of optical bistable regions and overlay the peak part of the square wave self-pulsing.This new type of oscillation and the concomitant bifurcation predicted by theory are in agreement with the experimental results.
