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Title: Backconversion-limited optical parametric oscillators

Patent ·
OSTI ID:873380

A more efficient class of optical parametric oscillators is made possible by introducing means for reducing signal losses due to backconversion of signal photons in the nonlinear optical medium.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Number(s):
US 6147793
Application Number:
08/984,654
OSTI ID:
873380
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English