Ten-watt level picosecond parametric mid-IR source broadly tunable in wavelength

Michal Vyvlečka; Ondřej Novák; Lukáš Roškot; Martin Smrž; Jiří Mužík; Akira Endo; Tomáš Mocek

doi:10.1117/12.2288227

15 February 2018 Ten-watt level picosecond parametric mid-IR source broadly tunable in wavelength

Michal Vyvlečka, Ondřej Novák, Lukáš Roškot , Martin Smrž, Jiří Mužík, Akira Endo, Tomáš Mocek

Proceedings Volume 10516, Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials and Devices XVII; 105161F (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2288227
Event: SPIE LASE, 2018, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Mid-IR wavelength range (between 2 and 8 μm) offers perspective applications, such as minimally-invasive neurosurgery, gas sensing, or plastic and polymer processing. Maturity of high average power near-IR lasers is beneficial for powerful mid-IR generation by optical parametric conversion. We utilize in-house developed Yb:YAG thin-disk laser of 100 W average power at 77 kHz repetition rate, wavelength of 1030 nm, and about 2 ps pulse width for pumping of a ten-watt level picosecond mid-IR source. Seed beam is obtained by optical parametric generation in a double-pass 10 mm long PPLN crystal pumped by a part of the fundamental near-IR beam. Tunability of the signal wavelength between 1.46 μm and 1.95 μm was achieved with power of several tens of miliwatts. Main part of the fundamental beam pumps an optical parametric amplification stage, which includes a walk-off compensating pair of 10 mm long KTP crystals. We already demonstrated the OPA output signal and idler beam tunability between 1.70-1.95 μm and 2.18-2.62 μm, respectively. The signal and idler beams were amplified up to 8.5 W and 5 W, respectively, at 42 W pump without evidence of strong saturation. Thus, increase in signal and idler output power is expected for pump power increase.

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Michal Vyvlečka, Ondřej Novák, Lukáš Roškot , Martin Smrž, Jiří Mužík, Akira Endo, and Tomáš Mocek "Ten-watt level picosecond parametric mid-IR source broadly tunable in wavelength", Proc. SPIE 10516, Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials and Devices XVII, 105161F (15 February 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2288227

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Crystals

Mid-IR

Signal processing

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