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Optical parametric oscillators for high pulse energy and high average power operation based on large aperture periodically poled KTP and RTA 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
M. Peltz U. Bäder A. Borsutzky R. Wallenstein J. Hellström H. Karlsson V. Pasiskevicius F. Laurell 《Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics》2001,73(7):663-670
We report on optical parametric oscillators (OPOs) based on large aperture periodically poled KTiOPO4 (PPKTP) and RbTiOAsO4 (PPRTA) pumped with high pulse energy and high average power Q-switched solid-state lasers. The OPOs were pumped with 1064-nm
pulses of a diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser at 20 kHz repetition rate. The emitted signal wavelengths were 1.72 μm and 1.58 μm and the idler wavelengths were 2.79 μm
and 3.26 μm, respectively. Pumping the PPKTP OPO with 7.2 W and the PPRTA OPO with 8 W average power, 2 W and 1.3 W total
OPO output powers were generated. Two-dimensional measurements of the total OPO output power, the signal wavelength and the
signal bandwidth in dependence on the crystal location indicated a good uniformity of the quasiphasematching structure over
the entire 3-mm-thick crystals. This allowed pumping with larger pump beams and therefore with pulse energies of tens of millijoules.
Pumping with different flash-lamp-pumped lasers, good OPO performance and high output pulse energies could be achieved for
all pump lasers. Maximum input pulse energies of 56 mJ gave output pulse energies of as much as 18 mJ. The temperature tuning
behaviors of both OPOs were measured, showing excellent agreement with calculated temperature tuning curves. New equations
for temperature dispersion in RTA are presented. These results show that large-aperture PPKTP and PPRTA crystals are well
suited for tunable nanosecond OPO operation with multi-watt average pump power and several tens of millijoules pump pulse
energies.
Received: 7 September 2001 / Published online: 7 November 2001 相似文献
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M. Henriksson M. Tiihonen V. Pasiskevicius F. Laurell 《Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics》2007,88(1):37-41
The total pulse energy of the signal and idler in a near-degenerate type-I periodically poled KTiOPO4 (PPKTP) optical parametrical oscillator (OPO) was spectrally confined within a 2 nm spectral bandwidth at 2.13 μm. This was
achieved by using a volume Bragg grating as the output coupler. Both the signal and the idler from the PPKTP OPO were then
simultaneously used to pump a mid-infrared ZnGeP2 (ZGP) OPO. The 2 nm bandwidth was narrower than the ZGP crystal acceptance bandwidth and, thus, made efficient conversion
in the second OPO possible. A total slope efficiency of 10% from 1.06 μm to the 3.5–5 μm region was demonstrated, generating
250 μJ in the mid-IR with only 3.6 mJ of 1.06 μm pump energy. This corresponds to a Nd:YAG pump to mid-IR conversion efficiency
of 7%.
PACS 42.65.Yj; 42.72.Ai; 42.40.Eq 相似文献
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M. Uebernickel C. Fiebig G. Blume K. Paschke B. Eppich R. Güther G. Erbert 《Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics》2008,93(4):823-827
Continuous wave power of more than 400 mW at 488 nm has been generated by frequency doubling of 2.45 W at 976 nm obtained
from a distributed Bragg reflector tapered diode laser. This results in a wavelength conversion efficiency of 16.5% and an
electrical-to-optical efficiency of more than 4.5%. We used a 50 mm long periodically poled MgO:LiNbO3 bulk crystal in single-pass configuration for the second harmonic generation. This is to the author’s knowledge the highest
output power and the highest wavelength conversion efficiency at 488 nm generated by a monolithic semiconductor laser device
in single pass configuration with a bulk crystal. A deviation from the quadratic dependency of the frequency doubling is explained
by the decrease of the beam quality of the fundamental wave. 相似文献
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High-power diode-pumped nonlinear mirror mode-locked Nd:YVO4 laser with periodically-poled KTP 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
We demonstrate a high-power nonlinear mirror (NLM) mode-locked Nd:YVO4 laser with a periodically poled KTP (PPKTP). With a 10-mm-long PPKTP crystal, 5.6 W of average power with 20-ps of pulse
duration was generated at 18-W of pump power. Compared with conventional type-II KTP crystal with the same length, the stability
against the Q-switched mode-locking (QML) is significantly increased with PPKTP in NLM laser; and the pulse duration was also
considerably reduced.
Received: 21 July 2000 / Revised version: 30 August 2000 / Published online: 10 January 2001 相似文献
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Low-threshold mid-infrared optical parametric oscillation in periodically poled LiNbO3 synchronously pumped by a Ti:sapphire laser 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
We report the generation of tunable high-repetition-rate optical pulses in the mid-infrared using synchronously pumped parametric
oscillation in periodically poled LiNbO3 (PPLN). Using a Kerr-lens-mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser as the pump source and a PPLN crystal incorporating grating periods
of 21.0–22.4 μm, we have achieved wavelength conversion in the -–4 6μm spectral range in the mid-infrared. The use of a semi-monolithic
cavity design and hemispherical focusing has permitted pulse generation in the strong idler absorption region of PPLN, resulting
in a simple, compact, all-solid-state configuration with a pump power threshold as low as 17 mW and mid-infrared idler powers
of up to 64 mW at 9% extraction efficiency. Signal output powers of up to 280 mW at 35% extraction efficiency are available
over the -–1.004 1.140μm spectral range at 80.5 MHz and pulse repetition rates at harmonics of the fundamental frequency up
to 322 MHz have also been obtained.
Received: 5 December 2000 / Revised version: 23 January 2001 / Published online: 27 April 2001 相似文献
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D. Mazzotti P. De Natale G. Giusfredi C. Fort J.A. Mitchell L.W. Hollberg 《Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics》2000,70(6):747-750
We report difference-frequency generation (DFG) in periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) around 4.25 μm using a cw Nd:YAG
and an injection-locked diode laser. This system provides a narrow linewidth source at 4.25 μm with near-shot-noise-limited
operation. A conversion efficiency close to the theoretical limit is obtained. Detection of CO2 absorption spectra is demonstrated and further improvements and applications to high sensitivity spectroscopy are discussed.
Received: 12 August 1999 / Revised version: 21 January 2000 / Published online: 24 March 2000 相似文献
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Mid-infrared trace gas detection using continuous-wave difference frequency generation in periodically poled RbTiOAsO4 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
A tunable mid-infrared continuous-wave (cw) spectroscopic source in the 3.4–4.5 μm region is reported, based on difference
frequency generation (DFG) in a quasi-phase-matched periodically poled RbTiOAsO4 (PPRTA) crystal, DFG power levels of 10 μW were generated at approximately 4 μm in a 20-mm long PPRTA crystal by mixing two
cw single-frequency Ti:Al2O3 lasers operating near 713 nm and 871 nm, respectively, using a laser pump power of 300 mW. A quasi-phase-matched infrared
wavelength-tuning bandwidth (FWHM) of ∼12 cm-1 and a temperature tuning rate of 1.02 cm-1/°C were achieved. Experimental details regarding the feasibility of trace gas detection based on absorption spectroscopy
of CO2 in ambient air using this DFG radiation source are also described.
Received: 23 October 2000 / Revised version: 22 January 2001 / Published online: 27 April 2001 相似文献
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L. Ciaffoni R. Grilli G. Hancock A. J. Orr-Ewing R. Peverall G. A. D. Ritchie 《Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics》2009,94(3):517-525
Diode laser technology coupled with a wavelength-conversion unit to produce mid-infrared narrow bandwidth laser light applicable
to trace-gas detection and with the potential for high-resolution spectroscopy is described. Quasi-phase-matched difference-frequency
generation (QPM-DFG) in a compact and fibre-coupled periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) waveguide module mixing 1063
and 1525-nm radiations has been adopted for generating 34 μW of 3.5-μm wavelength laser light. Optical detection methods,
including sensitive wavelength modulation spectroscopy and a rapid wavelength chirp technique, have been employed with a single-pass
cell to investigate methane and formaldehyde absorption profiles around 2855 cm−1, as proof of principle experiments for high sensitivity and resolution spectroscopy on atmospherically important molecules. 相似文献
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O. Prakash H.-H. Lim B.-J. Kim K. Pandiyan M. Cha B. K. Rhee 《Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics》2008,92(4):535-541
Collinear broadband optical parametric generation (OPG) using periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) crystals were designed
and experimentally demonstrated with the quasi-phase matching (QPM) periods of 21.5, 24.0, and 27.0 μm. The broad gain bandwidth was accomplished by choosing a specific set of the period and the pump wavelength that allows
the group velocities of the signal and the idler to match close to the degeneracy point. OPG gain bandwidth and also the spectral
region could be controlled by proper design of QPM period and pump wavelength. The total OPG gain bandwidth of 600, 900, and
1200 nm was observed for the PPLN devices with QPM periods of 21.5, 24.0, and 27.0 μm, respectively. We have also observed multiple color visible generation whenever the OPG spectrum was significantly broad.
From the visible peaks of the three PPLN samples, it is found that broad gain bandwidth is crucial in the temperature-insensitive
collinear simultaneous RGB generation from a single crystal. 相似文献
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Ravi Bhushan Hidetsugu Yoshida Hisanori Fujita Nobuaki Miyanaga Hideki Ishizuki 《Optics Communications》2008,281(14):3902-3905
We have demonstrated an efficient high energy 2 μm laser generation with a 36 mm long large aperture 5 mol% MgO-doped periodically poled LiNbO3 (PPMgLN) nonlinear optical crystal. A high power Q-switched Nd:YAG laser (1.064 μm) was used to pump the quasi-phase matched (QPM) optical parametric oscillator (OPO). A total output energy of 186 mJ with 58% slope efficiency was obtained in two separate beams at 2 μm. 相似文献
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We fabricated and characterized periodically poled MgO:LiNbO3 device with five gratings in 0.5 μm increments from 29 μm to 31 μm for optical parametric oscillator (OPO). The OPO operation threshold is 30 μJ using this device with a 50 mm effective length. At 560 mW input pump power, we have achieved 300 mW of the total output power, and the conversion efficiency is 54%. Multi-periods and temperatures tuning of the OPO yields a signal wavelength range from 1.45 to 1.72 μm and an idler wavelength range from 2.8 to 4.05 μm in the mid infrared. 相似文献
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B. Köhler U. Bäder A. Nebel J.-P. Meyn R. Wallenstein 《Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics》2002,75(1):31-34
We report on an injection-seeded 9.5-W 82-MHz-repetition-rate picosecond optical parametric generator (OPG) based on a 55 mm
long crystal of periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) with a quasi-phase-matching (QPM) grating period of 29.75 μm. The
OPG is excited by a continuously diode pumped mode-locked picosecond Nd:YVO4 oscillator-amplifier system. The laser system generates 7 ps pulses with a repetition rate of 82.3 MHz and an average power
of 24 W. Without injection-seeding the total average output power of the OPG is 8.9 W, which corresponds to an internal conversion
efficiency of 50%. The wavelengths of the signal and idler waves were tuned in the range 1.57–1.64 μm and 3.03–3.3 μm, respectively,
by changing the crystal temperature from 150 °C to 250 °C. Injection seeding of the OPG at 1.58 μm with 4 mW of single frequency
continuous-wave radiation of a distributed-feedback (DFB) diode laser increases the OPG output to 9.5 W (53% conversion efficiency).
The injection seeding increases the pulse duration and reduces the spectral bandwidth. When pumped by 10 W of 1.06 μm laser
radiation, the duration of the signal pulses increased from 3.6 ps to 5.5 ps while the spectral bandwidth is reduced from
4.5 nm to 0.85 nm. Seeding thus improved the time-bandwidth product from 1.98 to a value of 0.56, much closer to the Fourier
limit.
Received: 29 April 2002 / Published online: 8 August 2002 相似文献
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We report on an optical parametric amplifier (OPA) based on two potassium titanyl phosphate (KTP) crystals in a walk-off compensating
geometry. An Nd:YLF regenerative amplifier at a 1-kHz repetition rate serves as the pump source. The seed beam is delivered
by a synchronously pumped frequency-stabilized optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on periodically poled lithium niobate
(PPLN). At pump intensities of about 7 GW/cm2 large amplification factors of more than 104 were achieved, resulting in pulse energies of more than 450 μJ and 350 μJ for the signal and idler pulses, respectively,
at a 1-kHz repetition rate. In the saturation regime the time–bandwidth product increases from two to three times the Fourier
limit, with a pulse duration of 105 ps and a bandwidth of 12.7 GHz at the highest intensities employed.
Received: 2 November 2001 / Published online: 14 March 2002 相似文献
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D.?Skoczowsky A.?Jechow H.?Stürmer T.?Po?ner J.?Sacher R.?Menzel 《Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics》2010,98(4):751-757
A quasi-monolithic second-harmonic-generation ring resonator assembled with miniaturized components is presented. The ring
contains a 10-mm-long bulk periodically poled lithium niobate crystal for second-harmonic generation, four plane mirrors and
two gradient-index lenses. All parts are mounted on a glass substrate with an overall size of 19.5 mm×8.5 mm×4 mm. As pump
source a broad-area laser diode operated in an external resonator with Littrow arrangement is utilized. This external cavity
diode laser provides near diffraction limited, narrow-bandwidth emission with an optical output power of 450 mW at a wavelength
of 976 nm. Locking of the diode laser emission to the resonance frequency of the ring cavity was achieved by an optical self-injection
locking technique. With this setup more than 126 mW of diffraction-limited blue light at 488 nm could be generated. The opto–optical
conversion efficiency was 28% and a wall plug efficiency better than 5.5% could be achieved. 相似文献
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M.?Silies H.?Witte S.?Linden J.?Kutzner I.?Uschmann E.?F?rster H.?Zacharias 《Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing》2009,96(1):59-67
The interaction of ultrashort laser pulses with solid state targets is studied concerning the production of short X-ray pulses
with photon energies up to about 10 keV. The influence of various parameters such as pulse energy, repetition rate of the
laser system, focusing conditions, the application of prepulses, and the chirp of the laser pulses on the efficiency of this
highly nonlinear process is examined. In order to increase the X-ray flux, the laser pulse energy is increased by a 2nd multipass
amplifier from 750 μJ to 5 mJ. By applying up to 4 mJ of the pulse energy a X-ray flux of 4×1010 Fe K
α
photons/s or 2.75×1010 Cu K
α
photons/s are generated. The energy conversion efficiency is therefore calculated to η
Fe≈1.4×10−5 and η
Cu≈1.0×10−5. The X-ray source size is determined to 15×25 μm2. By focusing the produced X-rays using a toroidally bent crystal a quasi-monochromatic X-ray point source with a diameter
of 56 μm×70μm is produced containing ≈104 Fe K
α1 photons/s which permits the investigation of lattice dynamics on a picosecond or even sub-picosecond time scale. The lattice
movement of a GaAs(111) crystal is shown as a typical application. 相似文献
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L. Jentjens K. Peithmann K. Maier H. Steigerwald T. Jungk 《Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics》2009,95(3):441-445
Irradiation of 5% magnesium-doped lithium niobate crystals (LiNbO3:Mg) with high-energy, low-mass 3He ions, which are transmitted through the crystal, changes the domain reversal properties of the material. This enables easier
domain engineering compared to non-irradiated material and assists the formation of small-sized periodically poled domains
in LiNbO3:Mg. Periodic domain structures exhibiting a width of ≈520 nm are obtained in radiation-damaged sections of the crystals.
The ferroelectric poling behavior between irradiated and non-treated material is compared. 相似文献
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Yongmin Li 《Optics Communications》2006,265(2):576-579
We report on a high-efficiency 532 nm green light conversion from an external cavity-enhanced second harmonic generation of a home-made 1064 nm single-frequency Nd:YVO4 laser with a periodically poled KTP crystal. A stable green power of 60 mW with a conversion efficiency of 75% was measured. Meantime, we investigate the quadrature amplitude noise of the green light at the same experimental setup and 0.6 dB green light squeezing was experimentally observed (taking into account the total detection efficiency of 58%, the squeezing should be 1.1 dB). The squeezing as a function of input power was also studied and we found qualitative agreement with theoretical prediction. 相似文献
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A. N. Tuchak G. N. Gol’tsman G. Kh. Kitaeva A. N. Penin S. V. Seliverstov M. I. Finkel A. V. Shepelev P. V. Yakunin 《JETP Letters》2012,96(2):94-97
The possibility of the generation of quasi-cw terahertz radiation by the optical rectification method for broad-band Fourier unlimited nanosecond laser pulses has been experimentally demonstrated. The broadband radiation of a LiF dye-center laser is used as a pump source of a nonlinear optical oscillator. The energy efficiency of terahertz optical frequency conversion in a periodically polarized lithium niobate crystal is 4 × 10−9 at a pump power density of 7 MW/cm2. 相似文献
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Single axial mode operation (<200 MHz optical bandwidth) of a high repetition rate periodically poled lithium niobate optical
parametric oscillator (OPO) has been obtained at signal wavelengths between 1.46 μm and 1.64 μm. OPO signal slope efficiencies
of 35% have been measured for repetition rates of 5–20 kHz. Single mode operation required spectral narrowing of both the
pump laser and the OPO. A simple technique of prelase Q-switching was implemented to reduce the optical bandwidth of the cw diode-pumped Nd:YAG pump laser to <1 GHz. A single intracavity
étalon was then sufficient to ensure single frequency oscillation of the OPO signal. The OPO output was stable with a smooth
spatial profile and an M
2 value of 1.3.
Received: 29 September 1999 / Published online: 27 January 2000 相似文献