Large aperture PPMgLN based high-power optical parametric oscillator at 3.8 µm pumped by a nanosecond linearly polarized fiber MOPA

doi:10.1364/OE.20.015008

Large aperture PPMgLN based high-power optical parametric oscillator at 3.8 µm pumped by a nanosecond linearly polarized fiber MOPA

Dejiao Lin, Shaif-ul Alam, Yonghang Shen, Tao Chen, Bo Wu, and David J. Richardson »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 14, pp. 15008-15014 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.015008

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We report a large aperture PPMgLN based OPO generating 21W of average output power at a slope efficiency of 45%. The OPO is pumped with the output from a polarization maintaining Ytterbium doped fiber MOPA operating at 1060nm producing 20ns pulses at a repetition rate of 100kHz and an average output power of 58W (after the isolators). A maximum of 5.5W of optical power was recorded at the idler wavelength of 3.82µm without thermal roll-off. The pulse rise/fall time plays a significant role in the OPO conversion efficiency and that further enhancements in the efficiency should be possible using pulses with faster rise and fall times.

OCIS Codes
(060.2320) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators
(190.4970) Nonlinear optics : Parametric oscillators and amplifiers
(320.5540) Ultrafast optics : Pulse shaping

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Nonlinear Optics

History
Original Manuscript: March 30, 2012
Revised Manuscript: May 9, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: June 6, 2012
Published: June 20, 2012

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Dejiao Lin, Shaif-ul Alam, Yonghang Shen, Tao Chen, Bo Wu, and David J. Richardson, "Large aperture PPMgLN based high-power optical parametric oscillator at 3.8 µm pumped by a nanosecond linearly polarized fiber MOPA," Opt. Express 20, 15008-15014 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-14-15008

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K. P. Petrov, L. Goldberg, W. K. Burns, R. F. Curl, and F. K. Tittel, “Detection of CO in air by diode-pumped 4.6-µm difference-frequency generation in quasi-phase-matched LiNbO3,” Opt. Lett.21(1), 86–88 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
W. R. Bosenberg, A. Drobshoff, J. I. Alexander, L. E. Myers, and R. L. Byer, “93% pump depletion, 3.5-W continuous-wave, singly resonant optical parametric oscillator,” Opt. Lett.21(17), 1336–1338 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
L. E. Myers and W. R. Bosenberg, “Periodically poled lithium niobate and quasi-phase-matched optical parametric oscillators,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron.33(10), 1663–1672 (1997). [CrossRef]
H. Ishizuki and T. Taira, “High-energy quasi-phase-matched optical parametric oscillation in a periodically poled MgO:LiNbO3 device with a 5 mm×5 mm aperture,” Opt. Lett.30(21), 2918–2920 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
B. Wu, J. Kong, and Y. Shen, “High-efficiency semi-external-cavity-structured periodically poled MgLN-based optical parametric oscillator with output power exceeding 9.2 W at 3.82 microm,” Opt. Lett.35(8), 1118–1120 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
D. J. Richardson, J. Nilsson, and W. A. Clarkson, “High power fiber lasers: current status and future perspectives [Invited],” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B27(11), B63–B92 (2010). [CrossRef]
P. E. Britton, D. Taverner, K. Puech, D. J. Richardson, P. G. R. Smith, G. W. Ross, and D. C. Hanna, “Optical parametric oscillation in periodically poled lithium niobate driven by a diode-pumped, Q-switched erbium fiber laser,” Opt. Lett.23(8), 582–584 (1998). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
C. Avila, R. Burnham, Y. Chen, W. Torruellas, H. Verdun, and R. Utano, “Polarization maintaining master oscillator fiber amplifier (MOFA) for high repetition rate applications,” Proc. SPIE5335, 24–32 (2004). [CrossRef]
S. Chaitanya Kumar, R. Das, G. K. Samanta, and M. Ebrahim-Zadeh, “Optimally-output-coupled, 17.5 W, fiber-laser-pumped continuous-wave optical parametric oscillator,” Appl. Phys. B102(1), 31–35 (2011). [CrossRef]
D. W. Chen and T. S. Rose, “Low noise 10-W CW OPO generation near 3 μm with MgO doped PPLN,” Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) 1-3, 1829–1831 (2005).
Y. Shen, S.- Alam, K. Kang Chen, D. Lin, S. Cai, B. Wu, P. Jiang, A. Malinowski, and D. J. Richardson, “PPMgLN-Based High-Power Optical Parametric Oscillator Pumped by Yb3+-Doped Fiber Amplifier Incorporates Active Pulse Shaping,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron.15(2), 385–392 (2009). [CrossRef]
A. Malinowski, K. T. Vu, K. K. Chen, J. Nilsson, Y. Jeong, S. U. Alam, D. Lin, and D. J. Richardson, “High power pulsed fiber MOPA system incorporating electro-optic modulator based adaptive pulse shaping,” Opt. Express17(23), 20927–20937 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
D. Lin, S. U. Alam, P. S. Teh, K. K. Chen, and D. J. Richardson, “Selective excitation of multiple Raman Stokes wavelengths (green-yellow-red) using shaped multi-step pulses from an all-fiber PM MOPA,” Opt. Express19(3), 2085–2092 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
D. Lin, S. U. Alam, A. Malinowski, K. K. Chen, J. R. Hayes, J. C. Flannagan, V. Geddes, J. Nilsson, S. Ingram, S. Norman, and D. J. Richardson, “Temporally and spatially shaped fully-fiberized ytterbium-doped pulsed MOPA,” Laser Phys. Lett.8(10), 747–753 (2011). [CrossRef]
B. Wu, Y. Shen, and S. Cai, “Widely tunable high power OPO based on a periodically poled MgO doped lithium niobate crystal,” Opt. Laser Technol.39(6), 1115–1119 (2007). [CrossRef]
A. Henderson and R. Stafford, “Spectral broadening and stimulated Raman conversion in a continuous-wave optical parametric oscillator,” Opt. Lett.32(10), 1281–1283 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
Z. Sacks, O. Gayer, E. Tal, and A. Arie, “Improving the efficiency of an optical parametric oscillator by tailoring the pump pulse shape,” Opt. Express18(12), 12669–12674 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
O. Gayer, Z. Sacks, E. Galun, and A. Arie, “Temperature and wavelength dependent refractive index equations for MgO-doped congruent and stoichiometric LiNbO3,” Appl. Phys. B91(2), 343–348 (2008). [CrossRef]

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[1] K. P. Petrov, L. Goldberg, W. K. Burns, R. F. Curl, and F. K. Tittel, “Detection of CO in air by diode-pumped 4.6-µm difference-frequency generation in quasi-phase-matched LiNbO3,” Opt. Lett.21(1), 86–88 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[2] W. R. Bosenberg, A. Drobshoff, J. I. Alexander, L. E. Myers, and R. L. Byer, “93% pump depletion, 3.5-W continuous-wave, singly resonant optical parametric oscillator,” Opt. Lett.21(17), 1336–1338 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[3] L. E. Myers and W. R. Bosenberg, “Periodically poled lithium niobate and quasi-phase-matched optical parametric oscillators,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron.33(10), 1663–1672 (1997). [CrossRef]

[4] H. Ishizuki and T. Taira, “High-energy quasi-phase-matched optical parametric oscillation in a periodically poled MgO:LiNbO3 device with a 5 mm×5 mm aperture,” Opt. Lett.30(21), 2918–2920 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[5] B. Wu, J. Kong, and Y. Shen, “High-efficiency semi-external-cavity-structured periodically poled MgLN-based optical parametric oscillator with output power exceeding 9.2 W at 3.82 microm,” Opt. Lett.35(8), 1118–1120 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[6] D. J. Richardson, J. Nilsson, and W. A. Clarkson, “High power fiber lasers: current status and future perspectives [Invited],” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B27(11), B63–B92 (2010). [CrossRef]

[7] P. E. Britton, D. Taverner, K. Puech, D. J. Richardson, P. G. R. Smith, G. W. Ross, and D. C. Hanna, “Optical parametric oscillation in periodically poled lithium niobate driven by a diode-pumped, Q-switched erbium fiber laser,” Opt. Lett.23(8), 582–584 (1998). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[8] C. Avila, R. Burnham, Y. Chen, W. Torruellas, H. Verdun, and R. Utano, “Polarization maintaining master oscillator fiber amplifier (MOFA) for high repetition rate applications,” Proc. SPIE5335, 24–32 (2004). [CrossRef]

[9] S. Chaitanya Kumar, R. Das, G. K. Samanta, and M. Ebrahim-Zadeh, “Optimally-output-coupled, 17.5 W, fiber-laser-pumped continuous-wave optical parametric oscillator,” Appl. Phys. B102(1), 31–35 (2011). [CrossRef]

[10] D. W. Chen and T. S. Rose, “Low noise 10-W CW OPO generation near 3 μm with MgO doped PPLN,” Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) 1-3, 1829–1831 (2005).

[11] Y. Shen, S.- Alam, K. Kang Chen, D. Lin, S. Cai, B. Wu, P. Jiang, A. Malinowski, and D. J. Richardson, “PPMgLN-Based High-Power Optical Parametric Oscillator Pumped by Yb3+-Doped Fiber Amplifier Incorporates Active Pulse Shaping,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron.15(2), 385–392 (2009). [CrossRef]

[12] A. Malinowski, K. T. Vu, K. K. Chen, J. Nilsson, Y. Jeong, S. U. Alam, D. Lin, and D. J. Richardson, “High power pulsed fiber MOPA system incorporating electro-optic modulator based adaptive pulse shaping,” Opt. Express17(23), 20927–20937 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[13] D. Lin, S. U. Alam, P. S. Teh, K. K. Chen, and D. J. Richardson, “Selective excitation of multiple Raman Stokes wavelengths (green-yellow-red) using shaped multi-step pulses from an all-fiber PM MOPA,” Opt. Express19(3), 2085–2092 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[14] D. Lin, S. U. Alam, A. Malinowski, K. K. Chen, J. R. Hayes, J. C. Flannagan, V. Geddes, J. Nilsson, S. Ingram, S. Norman, and D. J. Richardson, “Temporally and spatially shaped fully-fiberized ytterbium-doped pulsed MOPA,” Laser Phys. Lett.8(10), 747–753 (2011). [CrossRef]

[15] B. Wu, Y. Shen, and S. Cai, “Widely tunable high power OPO based on a periodically poled MgO doped lithium niobate crystal,” Opt. Laser Technol.39(6), 1115–1119 (2007). [CrossRef]

[16] A. Henderson and R. Stafford, “Spectral broadening and stimulated Raman conversion in a continuous-wave optical parametric oscillator,” Opt. Lett.32(10), 1281–1283 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[17] Z. Sacks, O. Gayer, E. Tal, and A. Arie, “Improving the efficiency of an optical parametric oscillator by tailoring the pump pulse shape,” Opt. Express18(12), 12669–12674 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[18] O. Gayer, Z. Sacks, E. Galun, and A. Arie, “Temperature and wavelength dependent refractive index equations for MgO-doped congruent and stoichiometric LiNbO3,” Appl. Phys. B91(2), 343–348 (2008). [CrossRef]

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