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Dispersion-induced generation of higher order transversal modes in singly-resonant optical parametric oscillators
We study the effects of higher order transversal modes in a model of a
singly-resonant OPO, using both numerical solutions and mode expansions
including up to two radial modes. The numerical and two-mode solutions predict
lower threshold and higher conversion than the single-mode solution at negative
dispersion. Relative power in the zero order radial mode ranges from about 88%
at positive and small negative dispersion to 48% at larger negative dispersion,
with most of the higher mode content in the first mode, and less than 2% in
higher modes.Comment: 13 pages, 4 figures, PACS Numbers: 42.65.Ky, 42.10.Qj, Key Words:
parametric oscillation, phase-matching, diffractio