Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 37, Issue 9, 2303(2010)
Mid-Infrared Tunable All-Solid-State Optical Parametric Oscillator Based on PPMgLN
An optical parametric oscillator (OPO),which is pumped by a Nd:YVO4 laser with the 1064 nm wavelength,is obtained based on PPMgLN.For the continuous wave (CW) operation mode,the threshold is only 1.1 W and the output power of idler at 3.2 μm is 905 mW.For the active Q-switched operation mode,the average output power at mid-infrared wavelength is 1.13 W,which corresponds to an optical-optical conversion efficiency of 17%.For the passively Q-switched operation mode with a Cr:YAG saturable absorber in the cavity of Nd:YVO4 laser,the average output power of idler from OPO at the mid-infrared wavelength is 125 mW.By changing the periods of the domain structure on the PPMgLN wafer,a widely tunable mid-infrared spectrum from 3.13to 4.20 μm is obtained.
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Tan Huiming, Lin Hongyi, Zhang Bolin. Mid-Infrared Tunable All-Solid-State Optical Parametric Oscillator Based on PPMgLN[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2010, 37(9): 2303
Received: Apr. 14, 2010
Accepted: --
Published Online: Aug. 19, 2010
The Author Email: Huiming Tan (hmtan2223@yahoo.com.cn)