Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 20, Issue 1, 011403(2022)

High-power and high-efficiency 4.3 µm ZGP-OPO

Feifei Wang1, Jiatong Li1, Xiaohui Sun1, Bingzheng Yan1, Hongkun Nie1、**, Xun Li4, Kejian Yang1,2, Baitao Zhang1,2、*, and Jingliang He1,2,3
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Institute of Novel Semiconductors, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Laser & Infrared System, Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
  • 3Collaborative Innovation Center of Light Manipulations and Applications, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China
  • 4State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics of CAS, Xi’an 710119, China
  • show less
    References(23)

    [1] H. Gebbie, W. Harding, C. Hilsum, A. Pryce, V. Roberts. Atmospheric transmission in the 1 to 14  µm region. Proceedings of The Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, 206(1951).

    [2] M. E. Zadeh, K. Vodopyanov. Mid-infrared coherent sources and applications: introduction. J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, 33, MIC1(2016).

    [3] P. Weibring, H. Edner, S. Svanberg. Versatile mobile lidar system for environmental monitoring. Appl. Opt., 42, 3583(2003).

    [4] J. Hecht. History of gas lasers, part 1–continuous wave gas lasers. Opt. Photon. News, 21, 16(2010).

    [5] M. Zhong, G. Ren. 3–5 µm mid-infrared laser countermeasure weapon system. J. Sichuan Ordnance Eng., 28, 3(2007).

    [6] K. L. Vodopyanov, F. Ganikhanov, J. P. Maffetone, I. Zwieback, W. Ruderman. ZnGeP2 optical parametric oscillator with 3.8–12.4-µm tunability. Opt. Lett., 25, 841(2000).

    [7] S. Haidar, K. Miyamoto, H. Ito. Generation of tunable mid-IR (5.5–9.3 µm) from a 2-µm pumped ZnGeP2 optical parametric oscillator. Opt. Commun., 241, 173(2004).

    [8] C. Li, J. J. Xie, Q. K. Pan, F. Chen, Y. He, K. Zhang. Advances in mid-infrared optical parametric oscillators. Chin. Opt., 9, 615(2016).

    [9] B. Q. Yao, Y. L. Wang, Y. Z. Wang, W. J. He. Performance evaluation of ZnGeP2 optical parametric oscillator pumped by a Q-switched Tm, Ho:GdVO4 laser. Chin. Opt. Lett., 6, 68(2008).

    [10] X. M. Duan, L. J. Li, Y. J. Shen, B. Q. Yao, Y. Z. Wang. Efficient middle-infrared ZGP-OPO pumped by a Q-switched Ho:LuAG laser with the orthogonally polarized pump recycling scheme. Appl. Opt., 57, 8102(2018).

    [11] B. Q. Yao, Y. J. Shen, X. M. Duan, T. Y. Dai, Y. L. Ju, Y. Z. Wang. A 41-W ZnGeP2 optical parametric oscillator pumped by a Q-switched Ho:YAG laser. Opt. Lett., 39, 6589(2014).

    [12] D. G. Lancaster. Efficient Nd:YAG pumped mid-IR laser based on cascaded KTP and ZGP optical parametric oscillators and a ZGP parametric amplifier. Opt. Commun., 282, 272(2009).

    [13] Y. F. Peng, X. B. Wei, W. M. Wang. Mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator based on ZnGeP2 pumped by 2-µm laser. Chin. Opt. Lett., 9, 061403(2011).

    [14] D. Creeden, P. A. Ketteridge, P. A. Budni, S. D. Setzler, Y. E. Young, J. C. McCarthy, K. Zawilski, P. G. Schunemann, T. M. Pollak, E. P. Chicklis, M. Jiang. Mid-infrared ZnGeP2 parametric oscillator directly pumped by a pulsed 2 µm Tm-doped fiber laser. Opt. Lett., 33, 315(2008).

    [15] M. Gebhardt, C. Gaida, P. Kadwani, A. Sincore, N. Gehlich, C. Jeon, L. Shah, M. Richardson. High peak-power mid-infrared ZnGeP2 optical parametric oscillator pumped by a Tm:fiber master oscillator power amplifier system. Opt. Lett., 39, 1212(2014).

    [16] B. Cole, L. Goldberg, S. Chinn, L. A. Pomeranz, K. T. Zawilski, P. G. Schunemann, J. McCarthy. Compact and efficient mid-IR OPO source pumped by a passively Q-switched Tm:YAP laser. Opt. Lett., 43, 1099(2018).

    [17] Y. J. Shen, B. Q. Yao, Z. Cui, X. M. Duan, Y. L. Ju, Y. Z. Wang. A ring ZnGeP2 optical parametric oscillator pumped by a Ho:LuAG laser. Appl. Phys. B, 117, 127(2014).

    [18] E. Lippert, H. Fonnum, G. Arisholm, K. Stenersen. A 22-watt mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator with V-shaped 3-mirror ring resonator. Opt. Express, 18, 26475(2010).

    [19] Y. J. Shen, B. Q. Yao, X. M. Duan, G. L. Zhu, W. Wang, Y. L. Ju, Y. Z. Wang. 103 W in-band dual-end-pumped Ho:YAG laser. Opt. Lett., 37, 3558(2012).

    [20] A. Dergachev, D. Armstrong, A. Smith, T. Drake, M. Dubois. 3.4-µm ZGP RISTRA nanosecond optical parametric oscillator pumped by a 2.05-µm Ho:YLF MOPA system. Opt. Express, 15, 14404(2007).

    [21] E. C. Ji, M. M. Nie, Q. Liu. 13.5 mJ polarized 2.09 µm fiber-bulk holmium laser and its application to a mid-infrared ZnGeP2 optical parametric oscillator. Chin. Opt. Lett., 15, 091402(2017).

    [22] M. Schellhorn, G. Spindler, M. Eichhorn. Mid-infrared ZGP OPO with divergence compensation and high beam quality. Opt. Express, 26, 1402(2018).

    [23] L. Guo. Study on high-performance rare-earth ions doped mid-infrared solid-state lasers and optical parametric oscillators(2020).

    Cited By
    Tools

    Get Citation

    Copy Citation Text

    Feifei Wang, Jiatong Li, Xiaohui Sun, Bingzheng Yan, Hongkun Nie, Xun Li, Kejian Yang, Baitao Zhang, Jingliang He, "High-power and high-efficiency 4.3 µm ZGP-OPO," Chin. Opt. Lett. 20, 011403 (2022)

    Download Citation

    EndNote(RIS)BibTexPlain Text
    Save article for my favorites
    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

    Received: Jun. 1, 2021

    Accepted: Jul. 16, 2021

    Published Online: Sep. 21, 2021

    The Author Email: Hongkun Nie (hknie@sdu.edu.cn), Baitao Zhang (btzhang@sdu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202220.011403

    Topics