Study on high-power continuous-wave mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator

Xiao Li; Xiaojun Xu; Yaping Shang; Hongyan Wang; Lei Liu

doi:10.1117/12.2066961

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7 October 2014 Study on high-power continuous-wave mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator

Xiao Li, Xiaojun Xu, Yaping Shang, Hongyan Wang, Lei Liu

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Proceedings Volume 9251, Technologies for Optical Countermeasures XI; and High-Power Lasers 2014: Technology and Systems; 92510A (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2066961
Event: SPIE Security + Defence, 2014, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

3~5μm mid-infrared laser has many important applications, such as gas detection, spectral analysis, remote sensing, medical treatment, and also in the military laser radar, infrared countermine, and so on. Optical parametric oscillator (OPO) is an efficient way to generate laser in this wavelength range, which has attracted the eyes of many people. In this paper, the recent development of mid-infrared OPO is overviewed. Meanwhile, detailed introduction on our recent work is given. Maximum idler output power of 34.2W at center wavelength of 3.35μm was obtained, to our knowledge, which is the new power record of the international public reporting for the continue-wave (CW) mid-infrared OPO. It is worth mentioning that the pump source, the quasi single-frequency (SF) narrow line width fiber laser, was also developed by our groups. According to the current status of research, some solutions is proposed in order to achieve higher power, narrower line width, and compact volume mid-infrared OPO in a wide tunable range.

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Xiao Li, Xiaojun Xu, Yaping Shang, Hongyan Wang, and Lei Liu "Study on high-power continuous-wave mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator", Proc. SPIE 9251, Technologies for Optical Countermeasures XI; and High-Power Lasers 2014: Technology and Systems, 92510A (7 October 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2066961

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