Fibre-laser pumped picosecond optical parametric oscillators
Fibre-laser pumped picosecond optical parametric oscillators
This talk describes the use of fibre-based master-oscillator-power-amplifier systems to pump picosecond optical parametric oscillators (OPOs). The power handling capabilities of Yb-doped optical fibres provides an opportunity to scale the output powers and pulse energies of the OPOs and the use of a gain-switched diode laser as the seed allows variation of the repetition from ~10 MHz up to ~1GHz. We describe MgO:PPLN OPOs with combined signal and idler average powers of ~10W and pulse energies approaching the µJ regime, with tunability from 1.4µm to 4.4µm. We also describe an LBO OPO pumped by the second-harmonic of the fibre-laser pump source delivering a combined signal and idler output power of ~4W with tunability from 651nm to 2851nm.
Shepherd, D.P.
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Kienle, F.
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Teh, P.S.
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Alam, S.-U.
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Chen, K.K.
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Lin, D.
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Price, J.H.V.
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Mackenzie, J.I.
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Gawith, C.B.E.
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Hanna, D.C.
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Richardson, D.J.
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Shepherd, D.P.
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Kienle, F.
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Teh, P.S.
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Alam, S.-U.
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Chen, K.K.
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Lin, D.
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Price, J.H.V.
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Mackenzie, J.I.
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Gawith, C.B.E.
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Hanna, D.C.
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Richardson, D.J.
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Shepherd, D.P., Kienle, F., Teh, P.S., Alam, S.-U., Chen, K.K., Lin, D., Price, J.H.V., Mackenzie, J.I., Gawith, C.B.E., Hanna, D.C. and Richardson, D.J.
(2013)
Fibre-laser pumped picosecond optical parametric oscillators.
SU2P Annual Symposium, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
15 - 16 Apr 2013.
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This talk describes the use of fibre-based master-oscillator-power-amplifier systems to pump picosecond optical parametric oscillators (OPOs). The power handling capabilities of Yb-doped optical fibres provides an opportunity to scale the output powers and pulse energies of the OPOs and the use of a gain-switched diode laser as the seed allows variation of the repetition from ~10 MHz up to ~1GHz. We describe MgO:PPLN OPOs with combined signal and idler average powers of ~10W and pulse energies approaching the µJ regime, with tunability from 1.4µm to 4.4µm. We also describe an LBO OPO pumped by the second-harmonic of the fibre-laser pump source delivering a combined signal and idler output power of ~4W with tunability from 651nm to 2851nm.
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e-pub ahead of print date: April 2013
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SU2P Annual Symposium, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2013-04-15 - 2013-04-16
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D.C. Hanna
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