title: 500 GHz mode-hop-free idler tuning range with a frequency-stabilized singly resonant optical parametric oscillator.
abstract: A 1064 nm pumped continuous-wave, mid-IR (3-4 μm), signal-wave resonant optical parametric oscillator is frequency stabilized at the kilohertz jitter level to the transmission peak of an external high-finesse Fabry-Perot cavity. Owing to the high stability of the resonator length against acoustical perturbation, fine pump tuning of the idler wave around 3.3 μm results in an unprecedented mode-hop-free continuous scan over 500 GHz (17 cm⁻¹).
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Commun de Métrologie LNE-CNAM, 61 rue du Landy, 93210 La Plaine Saint Denis, France.
authors.forename: Emeline
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Andrieux
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zanon
authors.forename: Malo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cadoret
authors.forename: Abdallah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rihan
authors.forename: Jean-Jacques
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Zondy