Intracavity-Pumped, Mid-Infrared Tandem Optical Parametric Oscillator Based on BaGa4Se7 Crystal

Autor: Yixin He, Degang Xu, Jiyong Yao, Yuye Wang, Yangwu Guo, Xianli Zhu, Chao Yan, Longhuang Tang, Jining Li, Kai Zhong, Yicheng Wu, Jianquan Yao
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: IEEE Photonics Journal, Vol 11, Iss 6, Pp 1-9 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1943-0655
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2019.2953097
Popis: We have demonstrated a tunable mid-infrared tandem optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on BaGa4Se7 (BGSe) crystal, which was intracavity-pumped by the tunable signal wave at ~1 μm generated from a KTiOPO4-OPO (KTP-OPO) in doubly-resonant oscillator (DRO) configuration. Wavelength tuning of the mid-infrared tandem OPO was realized by tuning the pump wavelength at the fixed phase matching angle to reduce the effects of beam cutting and Fresnel reflection loss. Together with pump-tuning method, angle-tuning method was supplied to extend tuning range. A tuning range of 4.1-4.5 μm was obtained with just 5 individual phase matching angles of the BGSe crystal. The maximum output energy of 1.92 mJ/pulse was obtained at 4.26 μm with an estimated slope efficiency of 9.5%.
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