Temperature-tuning optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled MgO:LiNbO3

Jian Kong; Chi-Chiu Chan; Na Ni; Bin Zhao; Dingyuan Tang

doi:10.1117/1.2432874

1 January 2007 Temperature-tuning optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled MgO:LiNbO₃

Jian Kong, Chi-Chiu Chan, Na Ni, Bin Zhao, Dingyuan Tang

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 46, Issue 1, 014205 (January 2007). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2432874

Abstract

We report experimental results on an efficient singly resonant optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on periodically poled MgO-doped LiNbO₃. The OPO was pumped by a diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:GdVO₄ laser, which could produce 3-ns laser pulses with a repetition rate of 5 kHz. By changing the crystal temperature and grating periods, the OPO generated signal and idler output in the ranges of 1.41 to 1.78 μm and 2.7 to 4.3 μm, respectively. The maximum output power at the signal wavelength of 1.55 μm was 35.4 mW with 120-mW pump power. The possibility of using the OPO for trace gas detection was demonstrated through measuring the absorption spectra of methane.

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Jian Kong, Chi-Chiu Chan, Na Ni, Bin Zhao, and Dingyuan Tang "Temperature-tuning optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled MgO:LiNbO₃," Optical Engineering 46(1), 014205 (1 January 2007). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2432874

Published: 1 January 2007

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