High-repetition rate, picosecond-pulse, tunable, mid-IR PPLN OPG source

Yelena Isyanova; Wenyan Tian; Peter F. Moulton

doi:10.1117/12.2211902

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4 March 2016 High-repetition rate, picosecond-pulse, tunable, mid-IR PPLN OPG source

Yelena Isyanova, Wenyan Tian, Peter F. Moulton

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Proceedings Volume 9731, Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials, Devices, and Applications XV; 97310W (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2211902
Event: SPIE LASE, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

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We report here on the performance of a narrow-line, mid-IR source based on a PPLN-crystal optical parametric generator (OPG). The crystal was pumped by a pulsed, 20-MHz-rate, 1064-nm Yb:fiber-based source operating with 20- psec pulses. The OPG produced a broad spectrum between 2027 nm and 2239 nm. By placing a band-pass filter after the OPG we were able to select a 30-nm bandwidth output, and we achieved further line reduction (0.7 nm) and 4.5 mW of average power at 2039 nm, using a reflective Volume Bragg Grating (VBG). Devices such as piezo-controlled etalons can provide rapidly tunable, narrow-linewidth power from this system.

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Yelena Isyanova, Wenyan Tian, and Peter F. Moulton "High-repetition rate, picosecond-pulse, tunable, mid-IR PPLN OPG source", Proc. SPIE 9731, Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials, Devices, and Applications XV, 97310W (4 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2211902

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