• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 6, Issue 1, 0168 (2008)
Baoquan Yao, Youlun Ju, Yuezhu Wang, and Wanjun He
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  • National Key Lab of Tunable Laser Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001
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    Baoquan Yao, Youlun Ju, Yuezhu Wang, Wanjun He. Performance evaluation of ZnGeP2 optical parametric oscillator pumped by a Q-switched Tm,Ho:GdVO4 laser[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2008, 6(1): 0168 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    A doubly resonant ZnGeP2 (ZGP) optical parametric oscillator (OPO) pumped by a novel Tm,Ho:GdVO4 laser was demonstrated. Cryogenic Tm(5 at.-%), Ho(0.5 at.-%):GdVO4 laser with high pulse repetition frequency (PRF) of 10 kHz at 2.05 μm was employed as pumping source of ZGP OPO. The 15-mm-long ZGP crystal, 55° cut for I-type phase-matching with low absorption coefficient less than 0.05 cm-1 at 2 μm, was placed in a plano-plano cavity with resonator length of 30 mm. The ZGP OPO generated a total combined output power of 1.2 W at 3.75 and 4.52 μm under pumping power of 5.3 W, corresponding to slope efficiency of 40% from incident 2-μm laser power to mid-infrared (Mid-IR) output. A widely tunable range from 3.0 to 6.5 μm was achieved by changing the crystal angle only 3.5°.
    Baoquan Yao, Youlun Ju, Yuezhu Wang, Wanjun He. Performance evaluation of ZnGeP2 optical parametric oscillator pumped by a Q-switched Tm,Ho:GdVO4 laser[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2008, 6(1): 0168
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