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High-power narrowband mid-IR laser based on pulsed difference-frequency generation in PPLN

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Abstract

A compact difference-frequency laser for spectroscopic applications using a diode-pumped pulsed Nd:YAG laser at 1064 nm as pump and a cw diode laser around 1540 nm as signal source is reported. With 240-µW signal and 4.6-kW pump power incident on an uncoated 50-mm-long PPLN crystal, the novel mixing scheme exhibits a 65-times higher conversion efficiency than its all- cw-pumped counterpart resulting in a mid-infrared peak power of 0.22 W. The freuquency conversion process is discussed in detail including effects like optical parametric amplification. Continuous tunability in the 3-4-µm wavelength region and a laser linewidth of only 280 MHz combined with >600-W mid-IR peak (17-mW average) power are obtained when 4-mW signal (tunable from 15001620 nm) and 6.1-kW pump power are incident on an antireflection-coated 50- mm-long PPLN crystal.

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