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30-Hz relative linewidth watt output power 1.65-$\mu$m continuous-wave singly resonant optical parametric oscillator

Optics 2017-04-13 v3

Abstract

We built a 1-watt cw singly resonant optical parametric oscillator operating at an idler wavelength of 1.65~μ\mum for application to quantum interfaces. The non resonant idler is frequency stabilized by side-fringe locking on a relatively high-finesse Fabry-Perot cavity, and the influence of intensity noise is carefully analyzed. A relative linewidth down to the sub-kHz level (about 30 Hz over 2 s) is achieved. A very good long term stability is obtained for both frequency and intensity.

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@article{arxiv.1611.09659,
  title  = {30-Hz relative linewidth watt output power 1.65-$\mu$m continuous-wave singly resonant optical parametric oscillator},
  author = {Aliou LY and Christophe Siour and Fabien Bretenaker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.09659},
  year   = {2017}
}