Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 40, Issue 7, 0736001(2020)

Difference-Frequency Generation of Mid-Infrared Picosecond Laser by Pulse Synchronization Technology Based on All Polarization-Maintaining Fibers

Xiaolei Hu1, Jiwei Gan1, Zhanjun Yang1, Jing Zeng1, Hang Gong1, Kun Huang1, Qiang Hao1、*, and Heping Zeng1,2,3
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  • 1School of Optical Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy Science and Technology, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
  • 3Jinan Institute of Quantum Technology, Jinan, Shandong 250101, China
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    An all-optical passive synchronous laser with master-slave configuration is built, the output power of the master laser pulse is amplified and injected into the slave laser, and the pulse synchronization between 1029.9 nm pump light and 1585.5 nm signal light is realized by using the cross-phase modulation effect of the injected pulse in the slave laser. An acousto-optic modulator used for frequency selection together with a cascade fiber amplifier enhances the peak power of pump pulse. In addition, the optimization of fiber link length effectively controls the spectral width broadening effect of pump pulse. The two-color synchronized pulse is processed via nonlinear difference frequency in PPLN crystal. When the repetition rate is set as 100 kHz, a linearly polarized picosecond pulse is achieved with 3-dB spectral width of 0.77 nm, central wavelength of 2940 nm, the maximum single pulse energy of 1.8 μJ , and pump light conversion efficiency of 49.6%.

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    Xiaolei Hu, Jiwei Gan, Zhanjun Yang, Jing Zeng, Hang Gong, Kun Huang, Qiang Hao, Heping Zeng. Difference-Frequency Generation of Mid-Infrared Picosecond Laser by Pulse Synchronization Technology Based on All Polarization-Maintaining Fibers[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2020, 40(7): 0736001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Letters

    Received: Dec. 23, 2019

    Accepted: Feb. 26, 2020

    Published Online: Apr. 15, 2020

    The Author Email: Hao Qiang (qianghao@usst.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202040.0736001

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