Pulsed optical parametric generation, amplification, and oscillation in monolithic periodically poled lithium niobate crystals

An Chung Chiang; Tsong Dong Wang; Yen Yin Lin; Chee Wai Lau; Yen Hung Chen; Bi Cheng Wong; Yen Chieh Huang; Jow Tsong Shy; Yu Pin Lan; Yu Fu Chen; Pei Hsi Tsao

doi:10.1109/JQE.2004.828269

Pulsed optical parametric generation, amplification, and oscillation in monolithic periodically poled lithium niobate crystals

An Chung Chiang, Tsong Dong Wang, Yen Yin Lin, Chee Wai Lau, Yen Hung Chen, Bi Cheng Wong, Yen Chieh Huang, Jow Tsong Shy, Yu Pin Lan, Yu Fu Chen, Pei Hsi Tsao

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We conducted a series of passively Q-switched Nd:YAG laser pumped optical parametric generation, amplification, and oscillation experiments in monolithic periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) crystals. Double-pass optical parametric generation with an effective gain length of 10 cm in a PPLN crystal was performed in comparison with single-pass operation in the same crystal. By seeding a PPLN optical parametric amplifier with a distributed feedback (DFB) diode laser, we produced 200-ps transform-limited laser pulses at 1549.6 nm and observed parametric gain competition at different pump levels. For optical parametric oscillations, we first demonstrated 22% power efficiency from a 2.4-cm intrinsic-cavity PPLN optical parametric oscillator pumped by a 4.2-ns, 10-kW passively Q-switched Nd:YAG laser. Preliminary studies on DFB optical parametric oscillators in PPLN are mentioned. The temporal and spectral properties of these optical parametric generators, amplifiers, and oscillators are characterized and discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	791-799
Number of pages	9
Journal	IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
Volume	40
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2004.828269
State	Published - Jun 2004

Keywords

Nonlinear optics
Optical parametric amplification
Optical parametric generation
Optical parametric oscillation
Periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN)
Quasi-phase-matching (QPM)

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Chiang, A. C., Wang, T. D., Lin, Y. Y., Lau, C. W., Chen, Y. H., Wong, B. C., Huang, Y. C., Shy, J. T., Lan, Y. P., Chen, Y. F., & Tsao, P. H. (2004). Pulsed optical parametric generation, amplification, and oscillation in monolithic periodically poled lithium niobate crystals. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 40(6), 791-799. https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2004.828269

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