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Large aperture PPMgLN based high-power optical parametric oscillator at 3.8 µm pumped by a nanosecond linearly polarized fiber MOPA

Large aperture PPMgLN based high-power optical parametric oscillator at 3.8 µm pumped by a nanosecond linearly polarized fiber MOPA
Large aperture PPMgLN based high-power optical parametric oscillator at 3.8 µm pumped by a nanosecond linearly polarized fiber MOPA
We report a large aperture PPMgLN based OPO generating 21W of average output power at a slope efficiency of 45%. The OPO is pumped with the output from a polarization maintaining Ytterbium doped fiber MOPA operating at 1060nm producing 20ns pulses at a repetition rate of 100kHz and an average output power of 58W (after the isolators). A maximum of 5.5W of optical power was recorded at the idler wavelength of 3.82µm without thermal roll-off. The pulse rise/fall time plays a significant role in the OPO conversion efficiency and that further enhancements in the efficiency should be possible using pulses with faster rise and fall times.
fiber optics and optical communications, fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators, nonlinear optics, pulse shaping
1094-4087
15008-15014
Lin, Dejiao
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Alam, Shaif-ul
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Shen, Yonghang
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Chen, Tao
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Wu, Bo
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Richardson, David J.
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Lin, Dejiao
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Alam, Shaif-ul
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Shen, Yonghang
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Chen, Tao
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Wu, Bo
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Richardson, David J.
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Lin, Dejiao, Alam, Shaif-ul, Shen, Yonghang, Chen, Tao, Wu, Bo and Richardson, David J. (2012) Large aperture PPMgLN based high-power optical parametric oscillator at 3.8 µm pumped by a nanosecond linearly polarized fiber MOPA. Optics Express, 20 (14), 15008-15014. (doi:10.1364/OE.20.015008).

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We report a large aperture PPMgLN based OPO generating 21W of average output power at a slope efficiency of 45%. The OPO is pumped with the output from a polarization maintaining Ytterbium doped fiber MOPA operating at 1060nm producing 20ns pulses at a repetition rate of 100kHz and an average output power of 58W (after the isolators). A maximum of 5.5W of optical power was recorded at the idler wavelength of 3.82µm without thermal roll-off. The pulse rise/fall time plays a significant role in the OPO conversion efficiency and that further enhancements in the efficiency should be possible using pulses with faster rise and fall times.

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Published date: 20 June 2012
Keywords: fiber optics and optical communications, fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators, nonlinear optics, pulse shaping
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 341124
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/341124
ISSN: 1094-4087
PURE UUID: b78a3604-b857-46d7-bac2-9857be3503dd
ORCID for David J. Richardson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7751-1058

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Date deposited: 16 Jul 2012 09:14
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:41

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Author: Dejiao Lin
Author: Shaif-ul Alam
Author: Yonghang Shen
Author: Tao Chen
Author: Bo Wu

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