Open AccessTesting the energy conservation law in an optical parametric oscillator using phase-controlled femtosecond pulses
Author(s) -
Jinghua Sun,
B.J.S. Gale,
Derryck T. Reid
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.15.004378
Subject(s) - optical parametric oscillator , femtosecond , optics , optical parametric amplifier , parametric oscillator , physics , parametric statistics , laser , signal (programming language) , energy (signal processing) , nonlinear optics , conservation law , optical amplifier , computer science , statistics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , programming language
An experimental verification of energy conservation in a parametric oscillator is reported with an optical frequency precision of approximately 200 kHz (< 10(-6) nm). This high precision is made possible by simultaneously measuring the frequency offsets of the pump, signal and idler frequency combs in a singly-resonant femtosecond optical parametric oscillator system.