title: Transition from single-mode to multimode operation of an injection-seeded pulsed optical parametric oscillator.
abstract: Optical-heterodyne measurements are made on ~842-nm signal output of an injection-seeded optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on periodically poled KTiOPO4 pumped at 532 nm by long (~27-ns) pulses from a Nd:YAG laser. At low pump energies (</= 2.5 times the free-running threshold), the narrowband tunable OPO output is single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) and frequency chirp can be <10 MHz, much less than the transform-limited optical bandwidth (~17.5 MHz). We explore the transition from SLM operation to multimode operation as pump energy or phase mismatch are increased, causing unseeded cavity modes to build up later in the pulse.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Yabai
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Orr
authors.forename: Mitsuhiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kono
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Baldwin