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Gao M, Lüpken NM, Fallnich C. Highly efficient and widely tunable Si 3N 4 waveguide-based optical parametric oscillator. OPTICS EXPRESS 2024; 32:10899-10909. [PMID: 38570952 DOI: 10.1364/oe.515511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2023] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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We demonstrate an efficient and widely tunable synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator (OPO) exploiting four-wave mixing (FWM) in a silicon nitride (Si3N4) waveguide with inverted tapers. At a pump pulse duration of 2 ps, the waveguide-based OPO (WOPO) exhibited a high external pump-to-idler conversion efficiency of up to -7.64 dB at 74% pump depletion and a generation of up to 387 pJ output idler pulse energy around 1.13 μm wavelength. Additionally, the parametric oscillation resulted in a 64 dB amplification of idler power spectral density in comparison to spontaneous FWM, allowing for a wide idler wavelength tunability of 191 nm around 1.15 μm. Our WOPO represents a significant improvement of conversion efficiency as well as output energy among χ3 WOPOs, rendering an important step towards a highly efficient and widely tunable chip-based light source for, e.g., coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering.
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Wu Y, Fu Q, Liang S, Poletti F, Richardson DJ, Xu L. 15-µJ picosecond hollow-core-fiber-feedback optical parametric oscillator. OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 31:23419-23429. [PMID: 37475426 DOI: 10.1364/oe.494037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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We report a high-energy, picosecond, mid-infrared (MIR) optical parametric oscillator (OPO), in which a length of hollow-core-fiber (HCF) is employed to enable operation at 1-MHz repetition rate in a compact cavity format. The OPO is synchronously pumped by an ytterbium-doped-fiber (YDF) master-oscillator-power-amplifier (MOPA) system, seeded by a 1040-nm gain-switched laser diode (GSLD). Using periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) as the nonlinear crystal, the OPO generates signal and idler beams with tunable wavelengths in the range of 1329-1641 nm and 2841-4790 nm, respectively. The OPO provides 137-ps pulses with a maximum signal energy of 10.05 µJ at 1600 nm and a maximum idler energy of 5.13 µJ at 2967 nm. This, to the best of our knowledge, represents the highest energy MIR pulses, as well as the highest total converted pulse energy (15.18 µJ), ever achieved from a fiber laser pumped picosecond OPO.
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Ren C, Shen Y, Zheng Y, Mao Y, Wang F, Shen D, Zhu H. Widely-tunable all-fiber Tm doped MOPA with > 1 kW of output power. OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 31:22733-22739. [PMID: 37475377 DOI: 10.1364/oe.494015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 06/14/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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In this paper, we report on a high-power and widely tunable thulium-doped fiber laser (TDFL) based on a monolithic master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) system. The master oscillator is a Tm fiber ring laser incorporating a tunable bandpass filter to realize narrow linewidth and wavelength tunable operation. The MOPA generated 1010 W ∼1039 W of output power over a tuning range of 107 nm from 1943 to 2050nm with slope efficiencies of more than 51% and spectra linewidth of ∼0.5 nm. Power stability (RMS) in ∼10 min scale is measured to be ∼0.52%. A diffraction-limited beam quality factor M2 of ∼1.18 is measured at 920 W of laser output. Output power is pump-limited without the onset of parasitic oscillation or amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) even at the maximum power level. This is the first demonstration, to the best of our knowledge, on an all-fiber integrated wavelength-tunable TDFL at 2 µm with output power exceeding 1 kW.
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Shang J, Mei C, Zhao S, Liu Y, Yang K, Wang C, Li T, Feng T. 2-µm nonlinear post-compression for generating ∼100-MHz few-cycle laser pulses with watt-level average power. OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 31:1181-1189. [PMID: 36785158 DOI: 10.1364/oe.479039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 12/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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We firstly report a high pulse repetition rate (101.4 MHz) nonlinear post-compression based on the normal dispersion fiber (NDF) operating in 2-µm wavelength region. With only one-stage NDF-based nonlinear pulse compressor, the 2-µm ultrafast laser pulses are compressed from ∼460 fs down to 70 fs, corresponding to ∼10.4 optical oscillation cycle. With two-stage nonlinear pulse compressor, the input ultrafast laser pulses are further compressed to 28.3 fs (∼4.3 optical oscillation cycle). In each case, the average power of the compressed 2-µm laser pulses exceeds 1 W, which is believed to be the highest average power never achieved at ∼100-MHz pulse repetition rate. The efficiencies of the one-stage and two-stage nonlinear pulse compressors are 64% and 47% respectively.
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Wu Y, Liang S, Fu Q, Bradley TD, Poletti F, Richardson DJ, Xu L. High-energy, mid-IR, picosecond fiber-feedback optical parametric oscillator. OPTICS LETTERS 2022; 47:3600-3603. [PMID: 35838740 DOI: 10.1364/ol.461118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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A compact, mid-infrared (MIR), synchronously pumped, fiber-feedback optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) is developed with tunable signal and idler wavelength ranges of 1472.0-1758.2 nm and 2559.1-3562.7 nm, respectively. A solid-core SMF-28 fiber and a hollow-core fiber (HCF) were used as the feedback fibers in order to compare the effect of their substantially different levels of nonlinearity. The OPO generates 1-MHz, 120-ps, MIR pulses with up to 1.50-µJ pulse energy and 11.7-kW peak power.
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Sun Q, Wu W, Wang Y, Yang Y, Shi L, Ming X, Wang L, Wang K, Zhao W, Zhang W. Mid-infrared optical parametric oscillation spanning 3.4-8.2 μm in a MgF 2microresonator. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2022; 33:210003. [PMID: 35133297 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac52bf] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Mid-infrared optical parametric oscillators (OPOs) offer a compelling route for accessing the 'molecular fingerprint' region and, thus, can find intensive applications such as precision spectroscopy and trace gas detection. Yet it still remains rather a challenge to realize broadband mid-infrared OPOs within a single cavity, usually limited by strict phase-matching conditions for wide spectral coverage and available pump power for adequate frequency generation. Here, we report the mid-infrared parametric oscillation spanning from 3.4 to 8.2μm, based on four-wave mixing in a high-QMgF2microresonator with optimized dispersion. The center wavelength at 4.78μm is determined by the continuous tunable quantum cascade laser source, which contributes to effective expansion towards longer wavelength, as well as systemic miniaturization with smaller pump module. Such results could not only shed light on new ultimates of crystal and other microresonators, but also inspire explorations on their growing potentials in near future.
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Affiliation(s)
- Qibing Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710119, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710119, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710119, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710119, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710119, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710119, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710119, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710119, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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Becheker R, Bailly M, Idlahcen S, Godin T, Gerard B, Delahaye H, Granger G, Fèvrier S, Grisard A, Lallier E, Hideur A. Optical parametric generation in OP-GaAs waveguides pumped by a femtosecond fluoride fiber laser. OPTICS LETTERS 2022; 47:886-889. [PMID: 35167550 DOI: 10.1364/ol.443896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We report on mid-infrared optical parametric generation in the 4-5 μm and 9-12 μm bands by pumping custom-designed orientation-patterned gallium arsenide (OP-GaAs) rib waveguides with an ultrafast femtosecond fiber laser system. This pump source is seeded by a mode-locked fluoride fiber laser with 59 MHz repetition rate and can be tuned between 2.8 and 3.2 μm using a soliton self-frequency shifting stage. The single TE and TM modes OP-GaAs crystals feature quasi-phase-matched grating periods of 85 and 90 μm and different transverse sizes thus allowing a wide spectral tunability.
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Wang L, Chen W, Schunemann P, Schirrmacher A, Büttner E, Boyko AA, Ye N, Zhang G, Zhao Y, Petrov V. Nanosecond optical parametric oscillator with midinfrared intracavity difference-frequency mixing in orientation-patterned GaAs. OPTICS LETTERS 2021; 46:332-335. [PMID: 33449021 DOI: 10.1364/ol.413583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We report on efficient midinfrared difference-frequency generation (DFG) in orientation-patterned GaAs by intracavity mixing the signal and idler pulses of a narrowband nanosecond optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled LiNbO3. The maximum average DFG output power reached 215 mW at 8.15 µm for a repetition rate of 35 kHz. The temperature tuning range spanned over 8026-8710 nm. The maximum overall conversion efficiency from 1 to 8 µm amounted to ∼1.3%.
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Fu Q, Wu Y, Liang S, Shardlow PC, Shepherd DP, Alam SU, Xu L, Richardson DJ. Controllable duration and repetition-rate picosecond pulses from a high-average-power OP-GaAs OPO. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:32540-32548. [PMID: 33114937 DOI: 10.1364/oe.402360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We report an orientation-patterned gallium arsenide (OP-GaAs) optical parametric oscillator (OPO) offering a high degree of temporal flexibility with controllable pulse repetition rates from 100 MHz to 1 GHz and pulse durations from ∼95 ps to ∼1.1 ns. The maximum average power of 9.2-W signal (3.3 μm) and 4.5-W idler (4.9 μm) was obtained at a repetition rate of 100 MHz and a pulse duration of ∼95 ps, with a pump power of 34.3 W and at a slope efficiency of 45.4%. The corresponding total average output power of 13.7 W is the highest power achieved to date from an OP-GaAs OPO, to the best of our knowledge.
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Wu Y, Liang S, Fu Q, Xu L, Richardson DJ. Compact picosecond mid-IR PPLN OPO in burst-mode operation. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2020. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202024318004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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