• High Power Laser Science and Engineering
  • Vol. 8, Issue 2, 02000e27 (2020)
Haizhe Zhong, Bin Hu, Saisai Hu, Shengying Dai, Ying Li*, and Dianyuan Fan
Author Affiliations
  • International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronic Science & Technology of Ministry of Education, Engineering Technology Research Center for 2D Material Information Function Devices and Systems of Guangdong Province, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen518060, China
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    DOI: 10.1017/hpl.2020.24 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Haizhe Zhong, Bin Hu, Saisai Hu, Shengying Dai, Ying Li, Dianyuan Fan. Efficient idler broadening via oppositely dual-chirped difference frequency generation[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2020, 8(2): 02000e27 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Dual-chirped difference frequency generation (DFG) is an advantageous technique for generating the broadband mid-infrared (IR) idler wave, which is inaccessible by a population-inversion-based laser system. In principle, the generated idler wave may even suffer a spectrum broadening compared with the driving pulsed lasers if the pump and signal waves are oppositely chirped. However, broadband phase-matching is always the determining factor for the resulting efficiency and the bandwidth of the generated idler wave. In this study, specific to an oppositely dual-chirped DFG scheme, we derive the precondition to realize broadband frequency conversion, wherein a negative $(1/\unicode[STIX]{x1D710}_{p}-1/\unicode[STIX]{x1D710}_{i})/(1/\unicode[STIX]{x1D710}_{s}-1/\unicode[STIX]{x1D710}_{i})$, in terms of the correlation coefficient of the group velocity ($\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}$), is necessary. However, most birefringence bulk crystals can only provide the required material dispersions in limited spectral regions. We show that the periodically poled lithium niobate crystal that satisfies an inactive Type-II (eo-o) quasi-phase-matching condition has a stable negative $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}$ and exerts the expected broadband gain characteristic across an ultra-broad idler spectral region $(1.7{-}4.0~\unicode[STIX]{x03BC}\text{m})$. Finally, we propose and numerically verify a promising DFG configuration to construct a tunable mid-IR spectrum broader based on the broadband phase-matched oppositely dual-chirped DFG scheme.
    $$\begin{eqnarray}\unicode[STIX]{x0394}k(t)=k_{p}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{p}(t))-k_{s}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{s}(t))-k_{i}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{i}(t)),\end{eqnarray}$$(1)

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    $$\begin{eqnarray}\displaystyle \unicode[STIX]{x0394}k(t) & = & \displaystyle \unicode[STIX]{x0394}k_{0}+\frac{\unicode[STIX]{x2202}k_{p}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{p}(t))}{\unicode[STIX]{x2202}\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{p}}\unicode[STIX]{x0394}\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{p}-\frac{\unicode[STIX]{x2202}k_{s}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{s}(t))}{\unicode[STIX]{x2202}\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{s}}\unicode[STIX]{x0394}\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{s}\nonumber\\ \displaystyle & & \displaystyle -\,\frac{\unicode[STIX]{x2202}k_{i}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{i}(t))}{\unicode[STIX]{x2202}\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{i}}\unicode[STIX]{x0394}\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{i}+\cdots \nonumber\\ \displaystyle & = & \displaystyle \unicode[STIX]{x0394}k_{0}+\left(\frac{1}{\unicode[STIX]{x1D710}_{p}}-\frac{1}{\unicode[STIX]{x1D710}_{i}}\right)\unicode[STIX]{x0394}\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{p}\nonumber\\ \displaystyle & & \displaystyle -\,\left(\frac{1}{\unicode[STIX]{x1D710}_{s}}-\frac{1}{\unicode[STIX]{x1D710}_{i}}\right)\unicode[STIX]{x0394}\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{s}+\ddot{o} (\unicode[STIX]{x0394}\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{p},\unicode[STIX]{x0394}\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{s}),\end{eqnarray}$$(2)

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    $$\begin{eqnarray}\frac{\unicode[STIX]{x0394}\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{s}}{\unicode[STIX]{x0394}\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}_{p}}=\frac{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}_{s}}{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FC}_{p}}=\frac{\displaystyle \frac{1}{\unicode[STIX]{x1D710}_{p}}-\frac{1}{\unicode[STIX]{x1D710}_{i}}}{\displaystyle \frac{1}{\unicode[STIX]{x1D710}_{s}}-\frac{1}{\unicode[STIX]{x1D710}_{i}}}=\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E},\end{eqnarray}$$(3)

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    Haizhe Zhong, Bin Hu, Saisai Hu, Shengying Dai, Ying Li, Dianyuan Fan. Efficient idler broadening via oppositely dual-chirped difference frequency generation[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2020, 8(2): 02000e27
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