Demonstration of a high output power 1533nm optical parametric oscillator pumped at 1064nm

Robert J. Foltynowicz; Michael D. Wojcik

doi:10.1117/12.865125

12 October 2010 Demonstration of a high output power 1533nm optical parametric oscillator pumped at 1064nm

Robert J. Foltynowicz, Michael D. Wojcik

Proceedings Volume 7838, Optics and Photonics for Counterterrorism and Crime Fighting VI and Optical Materials in Defence Systems Technology VII; 783815 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.865125
Event: SPIE Security + Defence, 2010, Toulouse, France

Abstract

A high output power, eye-safe, LIDAR transmitter based on a KTA optical parametric oscillator (OPO) was demonstrated. The OPO was based on a two crystal, NCPM, KTA ring cavity which was doubly resonant. A 7ns, 30Hz, flashlamp-pumped, Q-switched Nd:YAG laser was injection seeded and used to pump the OPO. The OPO converted the 1064 nm pump beam into a 1533 nm signal wave and 3475 nm idler wave. In addition to demonstrating a high power OPO system, we investigated the effects of seeding the pump laser on the OPO's conversion efficiency, oscillation threshold, maximum signal power, and beam quality. The power conversion efficiency between the signal and the injection seeded pump was 22% with an oscillation threshold of 104 MW/cm² (500 mJ) and a maximum signal power of 6.44 W (215 mJ). The power conversion efficiency between the signal and the unseeded pump was 24% with an oscillation threshold of 77 MW/cm² (367mJ) and a maximum signal power of 7 W (233 mJ). The beam quality of the signal beam was produced an M² =15. When the pump laser was seeded, the full angle divergence improved by nearly a factor of five.

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Robert J. Foltynowicz and Michael D. Wojcik "Demonstration of a high output power 1533nm optical parametric oscillator pumped at 1064nm", Proc. SPIE 7838, Optics and Photonics for Counterterrorism and Crime Fighting VI and Optical Materials in Defence Systems Technology VII, 783815 (12 October 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.865125

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