Green-pumped, picosecond MgO:PPLN optical parametric oscillator
Kienle, Florian, Lin, Dejiao, Alam, Shaif-ul, Hung, Hazel S. S., Gawith, Corin B. E., Major, Huw E., Richardson, David J. and Shepherd, David P. (2012) Green-pumped, picosecond MgO:PPLN optical parametric oscillator. Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 29, (1), 144-152. (doi:10.1364/JOSAB.29.000144).
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Description/Abstract
We investigate the performance of a magnesium-oxide-doped periodically poled lithium niobate crystal (MgO:PPLN) in an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) synchronously-pumped by 530nm, 20ps, 230MHz pulses with an average power of up to 2W from a frequency-doubled, gain-switched laser diode seed and a multi-stage Yb:fiber amplifier system. The OPO produces ~165mW (signal, 845nm) and ~107mW (idler, 1421nm) of average power for ~1W of pump power and can be tuned from ~800nm to 900nm (signal) and 1.28μm to 1.54μm (idler). Observations of photo-refraction and green-induced infrared absorption (GRIIRA) in different operational regimes of the MgO:PPLN OPO are described and the role of peak intensity and average power are investigated, both with the aim to find the optimal operating regime for pulsed systems.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0740-3224 (print) 1520-8540 (electronic) |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Physical Sciences and Engineering > Optoelectronics Research Centre |
| Item ID: | 209057 |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jan 2012 14:09 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Aug 2012 23:26 |
| Contributors: | Kienle, Florian (Author) Lin, Dejiao (Author) Alam, Shaif-ul (Author) Hung, Hazel S. S. (Author) Gawith, Corin B. E. (Author) Major, Huw E. (Author) Richardson, David J. (Author) Shepherd, David P. (Author) |
| Date: | 2012 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/209057 |
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