Tunable high-average-power optical parametric oscillators near 2 μm

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ProjectNOVELA ULTRARRAPIDA ULTRABROADBAND OPTICOS PARAMETRICOS OSCILADORES (MINECO-TEC2015-68234-R)
Mid-TECH - Infrared sensing made visible: Combining infrared light sources and upconversion sensors for improved sensitivity in medical applications and gas analysis (EC-H2020-642661)
Mid-TECH - Infrared sensing made visible: Combining infrared light sources and upconversion sensors for improved sensitivity in medical applications and gas analysis (EC-H2020-642661)
Abstract
We report on the development of high-average-power nanosecond and picosecond laser sources tunable near
2 μm based on optical parametric oscillators (OPOs) pumped by solid-state Nd:YAG and Yb-fiber lasers at
1.064 μm. By exploiting 50-mm-long MgO-doped lithium niobate (MgO:PPLN) as the nonlinear crystal and
operating the OPO in a near-degenerate doubly resonant configuration with intracavity wavelength selection
elements, we have generated tunable high-average-power radiation across 1880–2451 nm in high spectral
and spatial beam quality with excellent output stability. In nanosecond operation, pumping with a Q-switched
Nd:YAG laser and using an intracavity prism for spectral control, we have generated more than 2 W of average
power in pulses of 10 ns duration at 80 kHz repetition rate with narrow linewidth (<3 nm), with M2 < 2.8, and a
passive power stability better than 2.2% rms over 1 h. In picosecond operation, pumping with a mode-locked Ybfiber
laser and using a diffraction grating as the wavelength selection element, we have generated more than 5 W of
average power in pulses of 20 ps at 80 MHz repetition rate with narrow bandwidth (∼2.5 nm), with M2 < 1.8
and a passive power stability better than 1.3% rms over 2 h. The demonstrated sources represent viable alternatives
to Tm3 ∕Ho3 -doped solid-state and fiber lasers for the generation of high-power radiation in the ∼2 μm
spectral range.
CitationNANDY, BIPLOB [et al.]. Tunable high-average-power optical parametric oscillators near 2 μm. "Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics", 29 Novembre 2018, vol. 35, núm. 12, p. C57-C67.
Publisher versionhttps://www.osapublishing.org/josab/abstract.cfm?uri=josab-35-12-C57
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