• Infrared and Laser Engineering
  • Vol. 50, Issue 8, 20210350 (2021)
Wenlong Tian1, Kang Han1, Jiangfeng Zhu1、*, and Zhiyi Wei2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, China
  • 2Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/IRLA20210350 Cite this Article
    Wenlong Tian, Kang Han, Jiangfeng Zhu, Zhiyi Wei. Research progress of 2-5 µm mid-IR femtosecond optical parametric oscillator (Invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2021, 50(8): 20210350 Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic diagram of optical parameter down conversion. (a) DFG; (b) OPO
    Fig. 1. Schematic diagram of optical parameter down conversion. (a) DFG; (b) OPO
    Experimental setup of typical mid-infrared femtosecond OPO
    Fig. 2. Experimental setup of typical mid-infrared femtosecond OPO
    Experimental setup and results of the few-cycle mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator[25]
    Fig. 3. Experimental setup and results of the few-cycle mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator[25]
    Experimental setup and results of high-power mid-infrared femtosecond OPO pumped by a Yb thin-disk femtosecond laser[26]
    Fig. 4. Experimental setup and results of high-power mid-infrared femtosecond OPO pumped by a Yb thin-disk femtosecond laser[26]
    Yb femtosecond laser synchronously pumped KTA-OPO experimental setup and the corresponding wavelength-power curves of signal and idler
    Fig. 5. Yb femtosecond laser synchronously pumped KTA-OPO experimental setup and the corresponding wavelength-power curves of signal and idler
    Mid-infrared femtosecond laser with a pulse width as short as three optical cycles produced by a cascaded degenerate OPO[49]
    Fig. 6. Mid-infrared femtosecond laser with a pulse width as short as three optical cycles produced by a cascaded degenerate OPO[49]
    Summary of the tunable mid-infrared femtosecond OPO (dashed line represents its tuning range) and broadband OPO (solid line represents its output spectral coverage)
    Fig. 7. Summary of the tunable mid-infrared femtosecond OPO (dashed line represents its tuning range) and broadband OPO (solid line represents its output spectral coverage)
    Typical absorption spectra for ZGP, CSP, GaAs, and GaP[53]
    Fig. 8. Typical absorption spectra for ZGP, CSP, GaAs, and GaP[53]
    Nonlinear crystalTransmittance range/μmFOM*/pm2·V−2LIDT**/GW·cm−2Ref.
    *FOM是按照绝对有效非线性系数的最大分量在1064 nm→1400 nm+4433 nm或1550 nm→2400 nm+4376 nm 的泵浦波长下计算的。 **LIDT:指激光诱导的晶体损伤阈值。
    PPLN0.32-552.40.039 (20 ns@1.56 μm)[16]
    PPLT0.28-5.5210.14 (30 ns@1.06 μm)[16]
    KTA0.35-5.349.11.2 (8 ns@1.064 μm)[16]
    OP-GaAs0.9-18246.55 J/cm2 (5 ns, 1.064 μm) [17]
    OP-GaP0.4-13158.6-[17]
    ZGP0.74-121960.03 (30 ns@1.064 μm)[16]
    GaSe0.62-20106.80.03 (10 ns@1.064 μm)[16]
    AgGaSe20.76-1882.30.013 (30 ns@1.064 μm)[16]
    Table 1. Summary of the optical properties of widely used mid-infrared nonlinear crystals
    Wenlong Tian, Kang Han, Jiangfeng Zhu, Zhiyi Wei. Research progress of 2-5 µm mid-IR femtosecond optical parametric oscillator (Invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2021, 50(8): 20210350
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