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Frequency comb generation by a continuous-wave-pumped optical parametric oscillator based on cascading quadratic nonlinearities

Journal article published in 2013 by Ville Ulvila, R. Phillips Christopher ORCID, Lauri Halonen, Markku Vainio
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Abstract

Optics Letters Vol.38 Nr.21, 4281 - 4284 ; We report optical frequency comb generation by a continuous-wave pumped optical parametric oscillator (OPO) without any active modulation. The OPO is configured as singly resonant with an additional nonlinear crystal (periodically poled MgO:LiNbO3) placed inside the OPO for phase mismatched second harmonic generation (SHG) of the resonating signal beam. The phase mismatched SHG causes cascading {χ}(2) nonlinearities, which can substantially increase the effective {χ}(3) nonlinearity in MgO:LiNbO3, leading to spectral broadening of the OPO signal beam via self-phase modulation. The OPO generates a stable 4 THz wide (-30 dB) frequency comb centered at 1.56 µm.