Mid-infrared generation based on a periodically poled LiNbO3 optical parametric oscillator

doi:10.1088/1009-1963/13/7/013

Abstract

Abstract We report a nanosecond Nd:YVO$_4$-pumped optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on periodically poled LiNbO$_3$ (PPLN). Tuning is achieved in this experiment by varying the temperature and period of the PPLN. The design of double-pass singly resonant oscillator (DSRO) and confocal cavity enables the OPO threshold to be lowered considerably, resulting in a simple, compact, all-solid-state configuration with the mid-infrared idler powers of up to 466mW at 3.41μm.

Keywords: optical parametric oscillator periodically poled lithium niobate tuning

Received: 24 September 2003
Revised: 11 December 2003
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PACS:	42.65.Yj	(Optical parametric oscillators and amplifiers)
	42.70.Mp	(Nonlinear optical crystals)
	42.60.Fc	(Modulation, tuning, and mode locking)
	42.55.Rz	(Doped-insulator lasers and other solid state lasers)
	42.60.By	(Design of specific laser systems)
	42.60.Da	(Resonators, cavities, amplifiers, arrays, and rings)
	42.70.Hj	(Laser materials)
	42.70.Km	(Infrared transmitting materials)
	42.60.Jf	(Beam characteristics: profile, intensity, and power; spatial pattern formation)

Fund: Project supported by the Project of Knowledge Innovation Programme of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No KJCX1-05), the National High Technology Development Programme of China (Grant No 2002AA311120), the State Key Programme of Basic Research of China

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Lin Xue-Chun (林学春), Kong Yu-Peng (孔宇鹏), Zhang Ying (张瑛), Zhang Jie (张杰), Yao Ai-Yun (姚爱云), Bi Yong (毕勇), Sun Zhi-Pei (孙志培), Cui Da-Fu (崔大复), Li Rui-Ning (李瑞宁), Wu Ling-An (吴令安), Xu Zu-Yan (许祖彦) Mid-infrared generation based on a periodically poled LiNbO₃ optical parametric oscillator 2004 Chinese Physics 13 1042

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