| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/R01224/01 |
| Title: |
Synchronously-Pumped Optical Parametric Oscillators: Basic Studies and Performance Enhancement |
| Principal Investigator: |
Hanna, Professor DC |
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Optoelectronics Research Ctr (closed) |
| Organisation: |
University of Southampton |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 December 2000 |
Ends: |
30 November 2003 |
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224,937
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This proposal aims to increase the versatility of synch-pumped optical parametric oscillators (SPOPOs) and develop a better understanding of the physical basis for their operating characteristics, in order to enhance their utility for numerous potential applications. The work will build on an existing SPOPO system, based on periodically-poled lithium niotate (PPLN), adding a power amplifier to boost the pump laser to a level that permits (1) wider tuning ranges to be accessed, (2) simultaneous operation of two independently tunable OPOs for pump-probe applications (3) operation of tandem OPO schemes, in which one OPO pumps another, thus accessing longer wavelengths, shorter pulses durations. Some specific OPO characteristics that will be investigated and where necessary, be improved, include the phenomenon of strong pulse compression behaviour, the temporal jitter characteristics, amplitude noise, frequency stability, beam stability. These are all key characteristics, vital to very many anticipated applications, and yet are inadequately understood, at the level required for effective exploitation. The success of the research programme in treating these various characteristics will be judged by subjecting the SPOPOs to the 'acid-test' of experimental applications which specifically require stringent performance criteria in regard to those characteristics.
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http://www.soton.ac.uk |