Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 39, Issue 11, 1114002(2019)

Nanosecond Mid-Infrared Tunable Parametric Laser

Haoning Li1, Dacheng Zhang1、*, Jiangfeng Zhu1、**, Wenlong Tian1, Han Liu1, Renzhu Kang1, and Zhiyi Wei2
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  • 1School of Physics and Optoeletronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi′an, Shaanxi 710071, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Photophysics of Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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    Mid-infrared tunable laser is widely used in several fields, such as medical, military, and environmental protection. Herein, a tunable parametric laser with a central wavelength of 2.6 μm is generated by pumping a KTP crystal based optical parametric oscillator (OPO). The OPO employs an extra-cavity single resonance structure. Type-II phase matching is used to obtain a maximum nonlinear coefficient. Experimental results demonstrate that the wavelength of the oscillator can be adjusted in the range of 2.4-2.8 μm. The maximum pulse energy is 12.6 mJ with a pumping energy of 155 mJ, whereas the conversion efficiency is 8.1%. The beam quality is measured to be five-fold of the diffraction limit.

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    Haoning Li, Dacheng Zhang, Jiangfeng Zhu, Wenlong Tian, Han Liu, Renzhu Kang, Zhiyi Wei. Nanosecond Mid-Infrared Tunable Parametric Laser[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2019, 39(11): 1114002

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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Jun. 18, 2019

    Accepted: Jul. 25, 2019

    Published Online: Nov. 6, 2019

    The Author Email: Zhang Dacheng (dch.zhang@xidian.edu.cn), Zhu Jiangfeng (jfzhu@xidian.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS201939.1114002

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