title: Widely tunable optical parametric oscillator in a 5 mm thick 5% MgO:PPLN partial cylinder.
abstract: A 5 mm thick and 38 mm long 5% MgO-doped periodically poled lithium niobate (MgO:PPLN) cylinder with a grating period of 28 μm has been engineered as a partial cylinder with an angular aperture of 45°. An optical parametric oscillator based on this crystal and pumped at 1.064 μm is reported. The output energy is comparable to that generated in the same kind of sample cut as a slab, but the wavelength tunability from 1.41 to 4.3 μm is much broader and continuous.
authors.affiliation: Institut Néel Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France.
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kemlin
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jegouso
authors.forename: Jérôme
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Debray
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Segonds
authors.forename: Benoit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Boulanger
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Menaert
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishizuki
authors.forename: Takunori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taira