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High-energy, near- and mid-IR picosecond pulses generated by a fiber-MOPA-pumped optical parametric generator and amplifier

High-energy, near- and mid-IR picosecond pulses generated by a fiber-MOPA-pumped optical parametric generator and amplifier
High-energy, near- and mid-IR picosecond pulses generated by a fiber-MOPA-pumped optical parametric generator and amplifier
We report a high-energy picosecond optical parametric generator/amplifier (OPG/A) based on a MgO:PPLN crystal pumped by a fiber master-oscillator-power-amplifier (MOPA) employing direct amplification. An OPG tuning range of 1450-3615nm is demonstrated with pulse energies as high as 2.6µJ (signal) and 1.2µJ (idler). When seeded with a ~100 MHz linewidth diode laser, damage-limited pulse energies of 3.1µJ (signal) and 1.3µJ (idler) have been achieved and the signal pulse time-bandwidth product is improved to ~2 times transform-limited. When seeded with a 0.3nm-bandwidth filtered amplified spontaneous emission source, crystal damage is avoided and maximum pulse energies of 3.8µJ (signal) and 1.7µJ (idler) are obtained at an overall conversion efficiency of 45%.
1094-4087
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Xu, Lin
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Chan, Ho-Yin
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Alam, Shaif-ul
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Richardson, David J.
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Shepherd, David P.
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Alam, Shaif-ul
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Richardson, David J.
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Xu, Lin, Chan, Ho-Yin, Alam, Shaif-ul, Richardson, David J. and Shepherd, David P. (2015) High-energy, near- and mid-IR picosecond pulses generated by a fiber-MOPA-pumped optical parametric generator and amplifier. Optics Express, 23 (10), 12613-12618. (doi:10.1364/OE.23.012613).

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We report a high-energy picosecond optical parametric generator/amplifier (OPG/A) based on a MgO:PPLN crystal pumped by a fiber master-oscillator-power-amplifier (MOPA) employing direct amplification. An OPG tuning range of 1450-3615nm is demonstrated with pulse energies as high as 2.6µJ (signal) and 1.2µJ (idler). When seeded with a ~100 MHz linewidth diode laser, damage-limited pulse energies of 3.1µJ (signal) and 1.3µJ (idler) have been achieved and the signal pulse time-bandwidth product is improved to ~2 times transform-limited. When seeded with a 0.3nm-bandwidth filtered amplified spontaneous emission source, crystal damage is avoided and maximum pulse energies of 3.8µJ (signal) and 1.7µJ (idler) are obtained at an overall conversion efficiency of 45%.

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Accepted/In Press date: 28 April 2015
e-pub ahead of print date: 5 May 2015
Published date: 1 June 2015
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 376809
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/376809
ISSN: 1094-4087
PURE UUID: 72e38e76-0c6f-45b2-b761-ca6a3367cc04
ORCID for Lin Xu: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4074-3883
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: 11 May 2015 11:21
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:47

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Author: Lin Xu ORCID iD
Author: Ho-Yin Chan
Author: Shaif-ul Alam
Author: David P. Shepherd ORCID iD

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