Wavelength-Locked 878.6 nm In-Band Pumped Intra-Cavity 2.1 μm Optical Parametric Oscillator
- 1 August 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Chinese Physics Letters
Abstract
We report herein a high-power folded intra-cavity 2.1 mu m optical parametric oscillator (ICOPO) which is the first example of an ICOPO that utilizes a wavelength-locked 878.6nm in-band pumped Nd:YVO4 laser as the pump source. The thermal effect of PPMgLN crystal and the divergence angle of the incident laser are considered comprehensively to determine the 2128 nm degenerate temperature. In the experiment, the functions of different output coupler transmittances and different repetition rates on the parametric laser output power are studied, respectively. The temperature versus parametric laser output power in an in-band pumped non-wavelength-locked 880 nm laser diode (LD) and in a wavelength-locked 878.6nm LD is compared. A maximum output power of 5.87W is obtained at the pump power of 56.9 W when the repetition rate is 80 kHz. The corresponding conversion efficiency is 14.55%, with a linewidth of 73.65nm and pulse width of 3.62 ns. The wavelength-locked 878.6 nm LD in-band pumping technology can stabilize the 2.1 mu m laser output power of Nd:YVO4 crystal effectively in the environment of intense temperature change.Keywords
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