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Interferometric output coupling of ring optical oscillators

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Abstract

We demonstrate the successful deployment of an antiresonant ring (ARR) interferometer within a ring optical resonator and its use for absolute optimization of output power. The integration of the ARR interferometer in a folded arm of the ring oscillator provides continuously variable output coupling over broad spectral range and under any operating conditions. We demonstrate the technique using a picosecond optical parametric oscillator (OPO), where we show continuously adjustable output coupling and optimization of the output power for different pump power conditions, from 3.5W to 13.5W. By operating the OPO under an optimized output coupling at 14W of pump power, we obtain >5W of extracted signal power, more than 2.6 times that with a 5% conventional output coupler. We also show that the inclusion of the ARR interferometer has no detrimental effect on the spatial, temporal, and spectral characteristics of OPO output.

© 2011 Optical Society of America

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