• Infrared and Laser Engineering
  • Vol. 49, Issue 12, 20201051 (2020)
Pei Liu1, Jiaxing Heng1, and Zhaowei Zhang2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Optical & Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 2School of Optical & Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/IRLA20201051 Cite this Article
    Pei Liu, Jiaxing Heng, Zhaowei Zhang. Chirped-pulse optical parametric oscillators and the generation of broadband midinfrared laser sources (Invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2020, 49(12): 20201051 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Mid-infrared laser sources with broad instantaneous-bandwidth are critical for many applications, including infrared micro-spectroscopy, environmental monitoring, medical diagnosis, and ultra-short pulse generation. In this article, the output spectrum bandwidth from synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator (SPOPO) was focused on and a scheme, chirped-pulse optical parametric oscillator (CPOPO) was proposed to achieve broadband output beyond the limitation of pump pulse width. The CPOPO with self-phase modulation (SPM) or chirped quasi-phase matching (CQPM) were studied and achieved through period-poled lithium niobate (PPLN) based SPOPO. The outputs covered 2.9-3.9 μm (~27 THz) with power up to 92 mW and 2.9-5.0 μm (~44 THz) with 64 mw, respectively.
    $ {I_{\rm{threshold}}} = \frac{{{n_{\rm{p}}}{n_{\text{s}}}{n_{\rm{i}}}{\varepsilon _0}{c^3}{L^2}}}{{2{\omega _{\rm{s}}}{\omega _{\rm{i}}}d_{\rm{eff}}^2}}\left( {\frac{{1 - R}}{R}} \right)$(1)

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    ${\tau _{\rm signal}} \propto N \times {I_{\rm threshold}}$(2)

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    ${\tau _{\rm signal}} \approx 0.4{\tau _{\rm pump}}$(3)

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    $A(t) ={\rm exp}\left[ { - \frac{{(1 + i \times C){t^2}}}{{2T_0^2}}} \right]$(4)

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    ${C_ {\rm{r}}} = \frac{{\Delta {T_{ {\rm{RMS}}}}({S_{ {\rm{pulse}}}})}}{{\Delta {T_{{\rm{ RMS}}}}({S_{ {\rm{TL}}}})}}$(5)

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    Pei Liu, Jiaxing Heng, Zhaowei Zhang. Chirped-pulse optical parametric oscillators and the generation of broadband midinfrared laser sources (Invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2020, 49(12): 20201051
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