周期性极化铌酸锂波导全光开关特性分析

从理论方面研究了基于和频与差频级联二阶非线性效应的周期性极化铌酸锂波导全光开关的特性,给出了耦合模方程在满足相位匹配条件下小信号近似的解析表达式.用数值方法求解耦合模方程,讨论了相位失配情况下输出的信号光功率与控制光功率的关系.分析了全光开关器件的极化反转光栅周期、晶体温度、控制光波长等参量的容差特性与相互作用长度和晶体温度的关系 关键词： 级联二阶非线性 光开关 准相位匹配 周期性极化铌酸锂     

周期极化铌酸锂THz波产生理论分析

首先采用光参量振荡的机理研究了THz波在准相位匹配媒质周期极化铌酸锂晶体中同向传播与反向传播情况下,以及THz波从晶体表面辐射产生的特性;其次研究了THz波的温度调谐特性、极化反转光栅周期调谐以及改变入射泵浦光与光栅波矢夹角的调谐特性;然后分析了THz波谱宽特性,给出解析表达式,并与实验结果进行了比较,证明理论分析结果与Y.S.Lee等人所给出的实验结果符合很好;最后分析了THz波的稳定性与温度、光栅周期、泵浦入射角以及辐射角的关系.     

基于镁掺杂的周期性畴反转铌酸锂的宽调谐光参量振荡器

报道基于6mol%镁掺杂的周期性畴反转掺镁铌酸锂(PPMgLN)的宽调谐光参量振荡器(OPO). PPMgLN采用外加电场法制作，周期为27.8—31.6μm，周期间隔为0.2μm.光参量振荡器的抽运源采用输出为1.064μm的声光调Q的Nd³⁺:YVO₄激光器，其调谐范围为1.42—1.73μm(信号光)和2.76—4.27μm(闲散光)，斜率效率达到47%.在输入功率为10.6W时，输出功率达到4.8W(信号光和闲散光之和). 关键词： 周期性畴极化掺镁铌酸锂 宽调谐光参量振荡器     

高功率宽调谐输出的多周期极化铌酸锂晶体光学参量振荡器

利用掺杂浓度为5 mol%的掺氧化镁多周期极化铌酸锂晶体实现了高效单谐振的准相位匹配光参量振荡器,所使用的周期极化铌酸锂晶体有6个周期,且以1 μm为间隔,从26.5~31.5 μm. 该光参量振荡器以脉宽为150 ns,重复频率为10 kHz的声光调Q Nd∶YAG激光器为泵浦源,且泵浦光波长为1.064 μm. 通过控制晶体的温度（50~200℃）以及改变晶体的极化周期（26.5~31.5 μm）,可由该光参量振荡器获得2.83~2.89 μm,3.10~3.38 μm,3.57~3.78 μm,3.95~4.12 μm, 4.28~4.46 μm,4.65~4.79 μm的闲频光连续调谐输出. 且当泵浦功率为8.15 W时,在闲频光输出波长为3.33 μm处,获得了最大输出功率2.17 W.     

一阶准相位匹配周期性极化铌酸锂倍频产生18 mW绿光连续输出

通过高压脉冲电场极化 ,制备了周期为 6 5 μm、长为 12mm、宽为 10mm、厚为 0 5mm的一阶准相位匹配周期性极化铌酸锂 ;由 1 1W连续 1 0 6 μmNd∶YAG激光器抽运 ,在 5°时产生了约 18mW、0 .5 32 μm的倍频连续绿光 ,其对应的二次谐波转换效率约为 1 6 % ,二次谐波的归一化转换效率约为 1 5 %cm- 1 W- 1 ,相当于 79%的周期性极化铌酸锂的理想非线性系数。测量了抽运光功率与倍频光功率的关系     

周期性极化铌酸锂晶体的电光复合逻辑门

根据准相位匹配线性电光效应耦合波理论,基于单个周期性极化铌酸锂晶体,提出了外电场可控的电光复合与门、或门的逻辑计算方法.采用级联周期性极化铌酸锂晶体,探讨了外电场可控的电光复合逻辑异或门、半加法器、半减法器的逻辑计算方法.在外加电场分别为0.184KV/mm和0.368KV/mm条件下,分析了光波的波长、方位角和极角、晶体的温度对逻辑输出的影响.研究结果表明,基本逻辑门的逻辑计算能够成功实现,但其逻辑计算对光波波长、晶体温度、方位角和极化角非常敏感,这些参量轻微的变化会导致逻辑输出的改变.该方案可推广到更为复杂的基本逻辑门以及三个以上逻辑输入与输出的基本逻辑门中.     

周期极化KTP晶体光参量振荡特性研究

基于较新的Sellmeier方程,研究了周期极化钛氧磷酸钾(KTiOPO₄简称KTP)晶体光参量振荡的容差特性,给出了极化反转光栅周期、晶体温度及泵浦光波长的调谐曲线和带宽的容差特性曲线,并与PPLN晶体作了比较数值计算结果与已有实验数据吻合较好.     

低阈值温度调谐PPMgLN红外光参量振荡

研究了温度调谐下周期极化镁掺杂铌酸锂晶体的红外光参量振荡特性。采用外电场短脉冲极化技术,在大小为7.0mm×50.0mm×1.0mm的Z切高镁掺杂(摩尔分数0.05)铌酸锂上制备出了准相位匹配光学微结构器件,极化周期为30.0μm。以输出波长为1064nm的声光调QNd:YAG固体激光器作为基频泵浦光开展了光参量振荡研究。实验表明:泵浦该PPMgLN晶体,实现了室温下低阈值红外光参量振荡产生,阈值功率仅为45mW(重复频率1kHz)。在泵浦输入功率为225mW时,有36mW信号光输出,转换效率达到16.0%,通过调谐晶体温度(20~180℃),获得了调谐范围为1503~1550nm波段的OPO信号光,实现了低阈值可调谐红外光的稳定输出。     

周期极化铌酸锂晶体的红外光谱测量分析

对周期极化非线性品体的光参量振荡器实现连续调谐输出的条件进行了理论模拟和分析,并且针对基于多周期的掺镁铌酸锂晶体光参量振荡器进行了实验研究,在掺镁铌酸锂晶体内制作了6个等间隔的晶畴区,其间距为0.5 μm,极化周期范围为29.0～31.5 μm.在室温下采用LD端面抽运的声光调Q Nd:YVO4激光器作泵浦源,实现了PPMgLN光参量振荡器的信号光在1449.7～1665.0 nm、闲频光在3 989.2～2 946.0 nm范围内的调谐输出,其最低激射阈值为108.0 mW、最高激射阈值为149.2 mW.当泵浦功率为649 mW时,获得了信号光最高为118.5 mW的输出,其光-光转换效率为18.26%;闲频光最高输出为46.6 mW,其光一光转换效率为7.18%.以上参数均接近实用化水平.而且,这两个波段的光源分别在整个光纤通信的S+C+L波段和大气层透射窗口范围,具有十分重要的应用前景.     

Continuous-wave mid-infrared intracavity singly resonant optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled lithium niobate

This paper reports a continuous-wave (CW) mid-infrared intracavity singly resonant optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) pumped by a diode-end-pumped CW Nd:YVO$_{4}$ laser. Considering the thermal lens effects, it adopted an optical ballast lens and the near-concentric cavity for better operation. At the PPLN's grating period of 28.5\,$\mu$m and the temperature of 140\du, the maximum idler output power of 155\,mW at 3.86\,$\mu$m has been achieved when the 808\,nm pump power is 8.5\,W, leading to an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 1.82{\%}.     

Continuous-wave mid-infrared intracavity singly resonant optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled lithium niobate

This paper reports a continuous-wave （CW） mid-infrared intracavity singly resonant optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled lithium niobate （PPLN） pumped by a diode-end-pumped CW Nd：YVO4 laser. Considering the thermal lens effects, it adopted an optical ballast lens and the near-concentric cavity for better operation. At the PPLN＇s grating period of 28.5 μm and the temperature of 140℃, the maximum idler output power of 155 mW at 3.86 μm has been achieved when the 808 nm pump power is 8.5 W, leading to an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 1.82%.     

High efficiency continuous-wave tunable signal output of an intracavity singly resonant optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled lithium niobate

In this paper we report on a continuous-wave (CW) intracavity singly resonant optical parametric oscillator (ICSRO) based on periodically poled LiNbO₃ (PPLN) pumped by a diode-end-pumped CW Nd:YVO₄ laser. Considering the thermal lens effects and diffraction loss, an optical ballast lens and a near-concentric cavity are adopted for better operation. Through varying the grating period and the temperature, the tunable signal output from 1406~nm to 1513~nm is obtained. At a PPLN grating period of 29~μ m and a temperature of 413~K, a maximum signal output power of 820~mW at 1500~nm is achieved when the 808~nm pump power is 10.9~W, leading to an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 7.51%.     

Mid-infrared generation based on a periodically poled LiNbO3 optical parametric oscillator

We report a nanosecond Nd:YVO_4-pumped optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on periodically poled LiNbO_3 (PPLN). Tuning is achieved in this experiment by varying the temperature and period of the PPLN. The design of double-pass singly resonant oscillator (DSRO) and confocal cavity enables the OPO threshold to be lowered considerably, resulting in a simple, compact, all-solid-state configuration with the mid-infrared idler powers of up to 466mW at 3.41μm.     

Period and temperature tuning of cascaded opticalparametric oscillator based on periodically poled LiNbO3

We report the broadly tunable source by a cascaded optical parametric oscillator in the periodically poled LiNbO_3 (PPLN) with domain grating period and temperature tuning. The optical parametric oscillator was pumped by a passive Q-switched Nd:YVO_4 laser. Multi-wavelength outputs from visible to infrared were obtained. The temperature of the PPLN crystal changed within the range of 70－150℃ with different periods of PPLN. The tunable range covered from 433 to 1657nm.     

1-W, high-repetition-rate room temperature operation of mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled MgO-doped LiNbO

In this paper a high-repetition-rate mid-infrared （mid-IR） optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled MgO-doped LiNbO3 （PPMgLN） at room temperature was demonstrated. The maximum average mid-IR output power at 3.63μm was 1.02 W with the repetition rate of 60kHz and corresponding efficiency from the pump to the idler was 26.7%. The temperature tuning and the period tuning characteristics were also discussed.     

高增益LiNbO3光参量振荡器

报道一台采用调Q红宝石激光器泵浦的高增益角度调谐LiNbO_3光参量振荡器.最大输出能量和转换效率分别高达50mJ/pulse和19%.该振荡器从1.1444μm到1.7652μm连续可调谐.     

Low-threshold, high-efficiency, high-repetition-rate optical parametric generator based on periodically poled LiNbO3

We report a high-repetition-rate optical parametric generator (OPG) with a periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) crystal pumped by an acousto-optically Q-switched CW-diode-end-pumped Nd:YVO_4 laser. For the maximum 1064nm pump power of 970mW, the maximum conversion efficiency is 32.9% under the conditions of 250℃, 1064nm pulse repetition rate of 22.6kHz and pulse width of 12ns, and the PPLN OPG threshold in the collinear case is less than 23.7μJ. The output power increases with the increase of the crystal temperature. The 1485－1553nm signal wave and 3383－3754nm idler wave are obtained by changing the temperature and the angle of the PPLN crystal.     

Widely tunable, high-repetition-rate, dual signal-wave optical parametric oscillator by using two periodically poled crystals

This paper reports on a high-repetition-rate dual signal-wave (DSW) optical parametric oscillator (OPO) operating at the 1.5 μm band with tunable wavelength intervals from 2.5 nm to 69.1 nm. Two periodically poled crystals, a periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) with multiple gratings and a single grating MgO-doped PPLN (PPMgOLN), are cascaded in the same OPO cavity to generate dual signal-waves by using quasi-phase-matched (QPM) technique. The pump source was a Q-switched diode-pumped Nd:YVO₄ laser operating at 50 kHz. At an incident pump power of 3 W, an average output power of 169.6 mW at 1489.2 nm and 1558.3 nm has been achieved.     

Efficient continuous-wave eye-safe region signal output from intra-cavity singly resonant optical parametric oscillator

We report an efficient continuous-wave (CW) tunable intra-cavity singly resonant optical parametric oscillator based on the multi-period periodically poled lithium niobate and using a laser diode (LD) end-pumped CW 1064 nm Nd:YVO 4 laser as the pump source.A highly efficiency CW operation is realized through a careful cavity design for mode matching and thermal stability.The signal tuning range is 1401-1500 nm obtained by varying the domain period.The maximum output power of 2.2 W at 1500 nm is obtained with a 17.1 W 808 nm LD power and the corresponding conversion efficiency is 12.9%.