Broadband conversion in an Yb:KYW-pumped ultrafast optical parametric oscillator with a long nonlinear crystal

Zhaowei Zhang; Jinghua Sun; Tom Gardiner; Derryck T. Reid

doi:10.1364/OE.19.017127

Broadband conversion in an Yb:KYW-pumped ultrafast optical parametric oscillator with a long nonlinear crystal

Zhaowei Zhang, Jinghua Sun, Tom Gardiner, Derryck T. Reid

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We report the generation of 200-nm-bandwidth mid-infrared pulses at 3.5-mu m from an optical parametric oscillator incorporating a 25-mm MgO:PPLN crystal and synchronously-pumped by chirped pulses from a fiber-amplified Yb:KYW laser. A long nonlinear crystal permits efficient transfer of the pump bandwidth into the idler pulses, achieves exceptional passive stability and enables pumping using chirped pulses directly from a fiber-amplifier, avoiding the need to use lossy pulse-compression optics. (C) 2011 Optical Society of America

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	17127-17132
Number of pages	6
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	19
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.017127
Publication status	Published - 29 Aug 2011

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