Mid-infrared ZnGeP2 parametric oscillator directly pumped by a pulsed 2 microm Tm-doped fiber laser |
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Authors: | Creeden Daniel Ketteridge Peter A Budni Peter A Setzler Scott D Young York E McCarthy John C Zawilski Kevin Schunemann Peter G Pollak Thomas M Chicklis Evan P Jiang Min |
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Institution: | BAE Systems Advanced Systems & Technology, PO Box 868, Nashua, New Hampshire 03061-0868, USA. daniel.creeden@baesystems.com |
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Abstract: | We have demonstrated what we believe to be the first mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator (OPO) pumped directly by a pulsed Tm-doped fiber laser. The Tm-fiber pump laser produces 30 ns pulses with a repetition rate of 30 kHz at a wavelength of 2 microm. The ZnGeP2 (ZGP) OPO produces 20 ns mid-IR pulses in the 3.4-3.9 microm and 4.1-4.7 microm spectral regions simultaneously. More than 658 mW of mid-IR output power has been generated with a total OPO slope efficiency greater than 35%. |
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