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Controllable duration and repetition-rate picosecond pulses from a high-average-power OP-GaAs OPO

Controllable duration and repetition-rate picosecond pulses from a high-average-power OP-GaAs OPO
Controllable duration and repetition-rate picosecond pulses from a high-average-power OP-GaAs OPO
We report an orientation-patterned gallium arsenide (OP-GaAs) optical parametric oscillator (OPO) offering a high degree of temporal flexibility with controllable pulse repetition rates from 100 MHz to 1 GHz and pulse durations from ~95 ps to ~1.1 ns. The maximum average power of 9.2-W signal (3.3 μm) and 4.5-W idler (4.9 μm) was obtained at a repetition rate of 100 MHz and a pulse duration of ~95 ps, with a pump power of 34.3 W and at a slope efficiency of 45.4%. The corresponding total average output power of 13.7 W is the highest power achieved to date from an OP-GaAs OPO, to the best of our knowledge.
1094-4087
32540-32548
Fu, Qiang
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Wu, Yudi
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Liang, Sijing
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Shepherd, David
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Alam, Shaif-Ul
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Alam, Shaif-Ul
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Fu, Qiang, Wu, Yudi, Liang, Sijing, Shardlow, Peter, Shepherd, David, Alam, Shaif-Ul, Xu, Lin and Richardson, David J. (2020) Controllable duration and repetition-rate picosecond pulses from a high-average-power OP-GaAs OPO. Optics Express, 28 (22), 32540-32548. (doi:10.1364/OE.402360).

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We report an orientation-patterned gallium arsenide (OP-GaAs) optical parametric oscillator (OPO) offering a high degree of temporal flexibility with controllable pulse repetition rates from 100 MHz to 1 GHz and pulse durations from ~95 ps to ~1.1 ns. The maximum average power of 9.2-W signal (3.3 μm) and 4.5-W idler (4.9 μm) was obtained at a repetition rate of 100 MHz and a pulse duration of ~95 ps, with a pump power of 34.3 W and at a slope efficiency of 45.4%. The corresponding total average output power of 13.7 W is the highest power achieved to date from an OP-GaAs OPO, to the best of our knowledge.

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Accepted/In Press date: 22 September 2020
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Local EPrints ID: 444137
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/444137
ISSN: 1094-4087
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ORCID for Peter Shardlow: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0459-0581
ORCID for David Shepherd: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4561-8184
ORCID for Lin Xu: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4074-3883
ORCID for David J. Richardson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7751-1058

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Date deposited: 29 Sep 2020 16:30
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 05:56

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Author: Qiang Fu
Author: Yudi Wu
Author: Sijing Liang
Author: Peter Shardlow ORCID iD
Author: David Shepherd ORCID iD
Author: Shaif-Ul Alam
Author: Lin Xu ORCID iD

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