Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 49, Issue 7, 0708001(2022)

Low Half-Wave Voltage Lithium Niobate Electro-Optic Slitter Based on Dual Crystal Matching

Jing Wu1,2,4, Qinglian Li1,3,4, Zhongzheng Zhang1,2,4, Jun Sun1,2,4、*, Ling Zhang1,3,4, Zhan Sui5, and Jingjun Xu1,2,4
Author Affiliations
  • 1MOE Key Laboratory of Weak-Light Nonlinear Photonics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300457, China
  • 2School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
  • 3TEDA Institute of Applied Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300457, China
  • 4Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, China
  • 5Shanghai Institute of Laser Plasms, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Shanghai 201800, China
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    Conclusions

    In this study, we investigate the key factors affecting the half-wave voltage of an electro-optic slitter. Results show that an effective method for reducing the voltage is applying the crystal with large effective electro-optic coefficient and designing the transverse/longitudinal ratio of the crystal. Thus, a low half-wave voltage LN electro-optic slitter is designed and fabricated. Furthermore, the electro-optic effect is maximized using 90° x-cut crystals with radiation propagating along the x-axis and the control voltage applied along the z-axis. Also, compensation of natural birefringence is achieved using two LN crystals whose z-axes are rotated relative to one another by 90°. The optical quality of the z-faces of the LN crystal is good. The half-wave voltage is measured at ~900 V under DC high voltage, and the dynamic extinction ratio is 200∶1. Upon driving the electro-optic slitter using a pulsed high voltage of 800 V, 0.95 ns, and 1 Hz, we obtain a 1.46 ns, 1 Hz laser pulse output from a 1064 nm continuous wave laser. The output laser pulse waveform of the electro-optic slitter is related to the electrical pulse waveform of the driving power supply. For future work, we hope to obtain a laser pulse with a narrower pulse width by reducing the width of the electrical pulse.

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    Jing Wu, Qinglian Li, Zhongzheng Zhang, Jun Sun, Ling Zhang, Zhan Sui, Jingjun Xu. Low Half-Wave Voltage Lithium Niobate Electro-Optic Slitter Based on Dual Crystal Matching[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2022, 49(7): 0708001

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    Paper Information

    Category: nonlinear optics

    Received: Aug. 3, 2021

    Accepted: Sep. 2, 2021

    Published Online: Feb. 24, 2022

    The Author Email: Jun Sun (sunjun@nankai.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL202249.0708001

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