High-energy, narrow-bandwidth 2-μm optical parametric oscillator/power amplifier based on periodically poled MgO:LiNbO3

Author

Saikawa, J. ; Fujii, M. ; Ishizuki, H. ; Taira, T.

Author_Institution

Chem. Spectrosc. Div., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We report an optical parametric oscillator/power amplifier using periodically poled MgO:LiNbO₃ with 38 mm length and 5times5 mm² large aperture. We achieved output energy of 52 mJ with spectral bandwidth of <2 nm at degeneracy point (2.128 mum).

Keywords

infrared sources; lithium compounds; magnesium compounds; optical materials; optical parametric amplifiers; optical parametric oscillators; LiNbO₃:MgO; degenerated master oscillator-power amplifier system; optical parametric oscillator; periodically poled materials; size 38 mm; size 5 mm; spectral bandwidth; wavelength 2 mum; Apertures; Bandwidth; High power amplifiers; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; (160.3730) Lithium niobate; (190.2620) Frequency conversion; (190.4970) Parametric oscillators and amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627994

Filename

4627994