• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 9, Issue 6, 061403 (2011)
Yuefeng Peng, Xingbin Wei, and Weimin Wang
Author Affiliations
  • Institute of Applied Electronics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201109.061403 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yuefeng Peng, Xingbin Wei, Weimin Wang. Mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator based on ZnGeP2 pumped by 2- \mum laser[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2011, 9(6): 061403 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We present a 3~5 \mum optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on ZGP pumped by KTP OPO 2.1-\mum laser. The tuning curves of ZGP OPO are calculated. The 8 \times 6 \times 18 (mm) ZGP crystal, whose end faces are antireflection coated at 2.1 and 3.7~4.6 \mum, is cut as \theta =53.5o, \phi =0o. When the pump power of 2.1-\mu m polarized laser is 15 W at 8 kHz, 5.7-W output power and 46.6% slope efficiency are obtained with a ZGPtype I phase match. Central wavelengths of the signal and idler lasers are 4.10 and 4.32 μm, respectively. Pulse duration is about 27 ns. Beam quality factor M2 is better than 1.8. The tunability of 3~5 \mu m can be achieved by changing the angle of the ZGP crystal.
    Yuefeng Peng, Xingbin Wei, Weimin Wang. Mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator based on ZnGeP2 pumped by 2- \mum laser[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2011, 9(6): 061403
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