One-Watt level mid-IR output, singly resonant, continuous-wave optical parametric oscillator pumped by a monolithic diode laser

Ab F. Nieuwenhuis; Chris J. Lee; Bernd Sumpf; Peter J.M. van der Slot; Götz Erbert; Klaus-J. Boller

doi:10.1364/OE.18.011123

One-Watt level mid-IR output, singly resonant, continuous-wave optical parametric oscillator pumped by a monolithic diode laser

Ab F. Nieuwenhuis, Chris J. Lee, Bernd Sumpf, Peter J.M. van der Slot, Götz Erbert, Klaus-J. Boller

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We report more than 1.1 Watt of idler power at 3373 nm in a singly resonant optical parametric oscillator (SRO), directly pumped by a single-frequency monolithic tapered diode laser. The SRO is based on a periodically poled MgO:LiNbO3 crystal in a four mirror cavity and is excited by 8.05 W of 1062 nm radiation. The SRO pump power at threshold is 4 W. The internal slope-efficiency and conversion efficiency reach 89% and 44% respectively. The signal and idler waves are temperature tuned in the range of 1541 to 1600 nm and 3154 to 3415 nm respectively. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest output obtained for a diode pumped optical parametric oscillator (OPO), and the first time a SRO is directly pumped by a monolithic tapered diode laser.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	11123-11131
Number of pages	9
Journal	Optics express
Volume	18
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.011123
Publication status	Published - 2010

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One-Watt level mid-IR output, singly resonant, continuous-wave optical parametric oscillator pumped by a monolithic diode laser

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