Patent ID: 8830565
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: H01S

Abstract:
1. A continuous wave intra-cavity optical parametric oscillator, comprising: a laser gain medium for generating a pump wave; a non-linear material for generating down converted coherent radiation in response to a pump wave, the down converted radiation comprising a signal wave and an idler wave; two coupled optical cavities, one of said optical cavities being a pump-wave cavity for resonating the pump wave and the other of said optical cavities being a down converted wave cavity for resonating the signal wave or the idler wave, wherein the non-linear material and the laser gain medium are located in the pump-wave cavity and the non-linear material is located in the down converted wave cavity, and a non-linear loss element for providing a continuous non-linear loss for suppressing relaxation oscillations, wherein the non-linear loss element is located in the pump-wave cavity and/or the down converted wave cavity.