Continuous Wavelength Tuning across 3.9-12.0m from a 1040-nm-Pumped Optical Parametric Oscillator Based on Orientation-Patterned GaP Grown on GaAs

Peter G. Schunemann, Kerr Johnson, Carl Farrell, Luke Maidment, Yiwen Shi, Jake M. Charsley, Marius Rutkauskas, Derryck T. Reid

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Abstract

Orientation-patterned gallium phosphide [1] (OPGaP) is a wide-bandgap material enabling two-photonabsorption-free pumping using 1040-nm Yb-lasers, and such OPGaP optical parametric oscillators (OPOs) have been applied in Fourier-transform [2] and dual-comb [3] spectroscopies across the 5-12-m molecular fingerprint region. Hetero-epitaxial growth of GaP on orientation-patterned gallium arsenide (OPGaAs) templates has been developed [4] , to mitigate issues with GaP substrates, but no nonlinear frequency conversion has yet been demonstrated. Here we report the first efficient frequency conversion in OPGaP-on-OPGaAs. OPGaP layers up to 1.2-mm thick were grown by hydride vapor-phase epitaxy (HVPE) on a 3-inch MBE-grown OPGaAs template. Several multi-grating and fan-out crystals of lengths 1.1 mm and 2.9 mm were diced from the wafer and polished into plane-parallel chips, and a broadband anti-reflection coating was applied to both faces.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2021 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC)
PublisherIEEE
ISBN (Electronic)9781665418768
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Sept 2021
Event2021 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference - Munich, Germany
Duration: 21 Jun 202125 Jun 2021

Conference

Conference2021 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference
Abbreviated titleCLEO/Europe-EQEC 2021
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityMunich
Period21/06/2125/06/21

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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