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Compact, high-pulse-energy picosecond optical parametric oscillator

Compact, high-pulse-energy picosecond optical parametric oscillator
Compact, high-pulse-energy picosecond optical parametric oscillator
We report a high-energy optical parametric oscillator (OPO) synchronously pumped by a 7.19 MHz, Yb:fiber amplified, picosecond, gain-switched laser diode. The 42m long ring cavity maintains a compact design through the use of an intracavity optical fiber. The periodically poled MgO-doped LiNbO3 OPO provides output pulse energies as high as 0.49 µJ at 1.5 µm (signal) and 0.19 µJ at 3.6 µm (idler). Tunability from 1.5 to 1.7 µm and from 2.9 to 3.6 µm is demonstrated, and typical M2 values of 1.5 x 1.3 and 2.8 x 1.9 are measured for the signal and idler, respectively, at high power.
0146-9592
3580-3582
Kienle, Florian
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Teh, Peh Siong
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Alam, Shaif-ul
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Gawith, Corin B.E.
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Hanna, David C.
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Richardson, David J.
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Shepherd, David P.
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Kienle, Florian
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Teh, Peh Siong
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Alam, Shaif-ul
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Gawith, Corin B.E.
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Hanna, David C.
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Richardson, David J.
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Shepherd, David P.
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Kienle, Florian, Teh, Peh Siong, Alam, Shaif-ul, Gawith, Corin B.E., Hanna, David C., Richardson, David J. and Shepherd, David P. (2010) Compact, high-pulse-energy picosecond optical parametric oscillator. Optics Letters, 35 (21), 3580-3582. (doi:10.1364/OL.35.003580).

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We report a high-energy optical parametric oscillator (OPO) synchronously pumped by a 7.19 MHz, Yb:fiber amplified, picosecond, gain-switched laser diode. The 42m long ring cavity maintains a compact design through the use of an intracavity optical fiber. The periodically poled MgO-doped LiNbO3 OPO provides output pulse energies as high as 0.49 µJ at 1.5 µm (signal) and 0.19 µJ at 3.6 µm (idler). Tunability from 1.5 to 1.7 µm and from 2.9 to 3.6 µm is demonstrated, and typical M2 values of 1.5 x 1.3 and 2.8 x 1.9 are measured for the signal and idler, respectively, at high power.

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Published date: November 2010
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre, Physics & Astronomy

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Local EPrints ID: 177071
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/177071
ISSN: 0146-9592
PURE UUID: 9ca99fef-30e9-4ccb-ac88-a4f32805c9ee
ORCID for Corin B.E. Gawith: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3502-3558
ORCID for David J. Richardson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7751-1058
ORCID for David P. Shepherd: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4561-8184

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Date deposited: 15 Mar 2011 08:41
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:41

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Author: Florian Kienle
Author: Peh Siong Teh
Author: Shaif-ul Alam
Author: David C. Hanna
Author: David P. Shepherd ORCID iD

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