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Variable repetition rate, high power, picosecond optical parametric oscillator synchronously pumped by a fibre-amplified gain-switched laser diode

Variable repetition rate, high power, picosecond optical parametric oscillator synchronously pumped by a fibre-amplified gain-switched laser diode
Variable repetition rate, high power, picosecond optical parametric oscillator synchronously pumped by a fibre-amplified gain-switched laser diode
We demonstrate a picosecond singly resonant optical parametric oscillator (OPO), which is synchronously pumped by a source consisting of a gain-switched laser diode and a chain of Yb-doped fibre amplifiers. The OPO produces up to 7.3W at 1.54µm (signal) and 3.1W at 3.4µm (idler) from 24W of average pump power. Pulse durations are typically ~17ps. M2- values of 1.1 × 1.2 (signal) and 1.6 × 3.2 (idler) are measured at high output power. Signal and idler tunability is demonstrated from 1.4µm to 1.7µm and 2.9µm to 4.4µm, respectively, by accessing different gratings of the MgO-doped periodically poled LiNbO3 (MgO:PPLN) crystal. The repetition rate is user-controllable between ~100MHz and ~1GHz, without adjusting the OPO cavity length.
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Mackenzie, J.I.
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Mackenzie, J.I.
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Kienle, Florian, Chen, Kang Kang, Alam, S.-U., Gawith, C.B.E., Mackenzie, J.I., Hanna, D.C., Richardson, D.J. and Shepherd, D.P. (2010) Variable repetition rate, high power, picosecond optical parametric oscillator synchronously pumped by a fibre-amplified gain-switched laser diode. International Summer School in Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics SUSSP, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 11 - 21 Aug 2010.

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Abstract

We demonstrate a picosecond singly resonant optical parametric oscillator (OPO), which is synchronously pumped by a source consisting of a gain-switched laser diode and a chain of Yb-doped fibre amplifiers. The OPO produces up to 7.3W at 1.54µm (signal) and 3.1W at 3.4µm (idler) from 24W of average pump power. Pulse durations are typically ~17ps. M2- values of 1.1 × 1.2 (signal) and 1.6 × 3.2 (idler) are measured at high output power. Signal and idler tunability is demonstrated from 1.4µm to 1.7µm and 2.9µm to 4.4µm, respectively, by accessing different gratings of the MgO-doped periodically poled LiNbO3 (MgO:PPLN) crystal. The repetition rate is user-controllable between ~100MHz and ~1GHz, without adjusting the OPO cavity length.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 2010
Venue - Dates: International Summer School in Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics SUSSP, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2010-08-11 - 2010-08-21
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre, Quantum, Light & Matter Group

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Local EPrints ID: 206085
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/206085
PURE UUID: 72917815-3b7a-4667-aab6-8167adb19b52
ORCID for C.B.E. Gawith: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3502-3558
ORCID for J.I. Mackenzie: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3355-6051
ORCID for D.J. Richardson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7751-1058
ORCID for D.P. Shepherd: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4561-8184

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Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:07

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Author: Florian Kienle
Author: Kang Kang Chen
Author: S.-U. Alam
Author: C.B.E. Gawith ORCID iD
Author: J.I. Mackenzie ORCID iD
Author: D.C. Hanna
Author: D.J. Richardson ORCID iD
Author: D.P. Shepherd ORCID iD

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