Mid-IR optical parametric oscillation and second harmonic generation of repetitively pulsed output of a fibre-laser pumped Tm3+: YAP laser in a fan-out periodically poled MgO : LiNbO3crystal

O. L. Antipov, D. B. Kolker, A. A. Dobrynin, Yu A. Getmanovskiy, V. V. Sharkov, M. A. Chuvakova, A. R. Akhmathanov, V. Ya Shur, I. A. Shestakova, S. V. Larin

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Abstract

The nonlinear optical frequency conversions of repetitively pulsed output of a 1941-nm Tm3+ : YAP laser pumped by a cw 1670-nm fibre laser are studied experimentally. Both mid-IR optical parametric oscillation (OPO) and second harmonic generation (SHG) are obtained in the same periodically poled MgO : LiNbO3 crystal with a fan-out domain design by tuning the grating period and temperature. The energy conversion efficiency of the degenerate OPO at 3820-3970 nm exceeds 43% at a 0.5 kHz repetition rate, while the energy conversion efficiency of SHG at 970.5 nm reaches 34%.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)254-261
Number of pages8
JournalQuantum Electronics
Volume52
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2022

Keywords

  • fibre lasers
  • frequency doubling.
  • mid-IR range
  • nonlinear optical frequency conversion
  • optical parametric oscillator
  • periodically poled MgO : LiNbOcrystals
  • solid-state lasers
  • two-micrometre wavelength region

OECD FOS+WOS

  • 2.02 ELECTRICAL ENG, ELECTRONIC ENG
  • 2.05 MATERIALS ENGINEERING
  • 1.03 PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND ASTRONOMY

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