KILOHERTZ ALL-SOLID-STATE PICOSECOND LITHIUM TRIBORATE OPTICAL PARAMETRIC GENERATOR

被引:8
作者
WALKER, DR [1 ]
FLOOD, CJ [1 ]
VANDRIEL, HM [1 ]
机构
[1] ONTARIO LASER & LIGHTWAVE RES CTR,TORONTO,ON M5S 1A7,CANADA
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10.1364/OL.20.000145
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
An all-solid-state picosecond optical parametric generation system that uses a single-pass noncritically phase-matched lithium triborate crystal is demonstrated. We have achieved > 20% total conversion from lambda = 532 nm (pump) to lambda = 800 nm (signal) and 1.6 mum (idler) with a pulse width of approximately 15 ps and average power of 200 mW at a repetition rate of 3 kHz (approximately 50 muJ/signal pulse). Frequency tuning from <750 nm to >1.8 mum is achieved by temperature tuning of the lithium triborate.
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