Reduced models and design principles for half-harmonic generation in synchronously-pumped optical parametric oscillators
Optics
2018-11-19 v2 Pattern Formation and Solitons
Abstract
We develop reduced models that describe half-harmonic generation in a synchronously-pumped optical parametric oscillator above threshold, where nonlinearity, dispersion, and group-velocity mismatch are all relevant. These models are based on (1) an eigenmode expansion for low pump powers, (2) a simulton-like sech-pulse ansatz for intermediate powers, and (3) dispersionless box-shaped pulses for high powers. Analytic formulas for pulse compression, degenerate vs. nondegenerate operation, and stability are derived and compared to numerical and experimental results.
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@article{arxiv.1608.02042,
title = {Reduced models and design principles for half-harmonic generation in synchronously-pumped optical parametric oscillators},
author = {Ryan Hamerly and Alireza Marandi and Marc Jankowski and Martin M. Fejer and Yoshihisa Yamamoto and Hideo Mabuchi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.02042},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
22 pages, 24 figures. Submitted to Phys. Rev. A