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High Power Mid-IR Generation with OPOs

A high average power OPO system has been developed to generate output in the 2-5 µm mid-IR band using a cw diode array-pumped Nd:YAG MOPA as the pump source and tandem OPOs for wavelength conversion. The system employs a Type II degenerate KTP OPO for 2.13 µm and a Type I near degenerate ZGP OPO for broadband radiation in the 3.7-4.1 and 4.4-4.8 µm ranges. The pump laser features a stable cavity with a BBO Q-switch, producing a 20 KHz pulse train with high beam quality.

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High Power Mid-IR Generation with OPOs

A high average power OPO system has been developed to generate output in the 2-5 µm mid-IR band using a cw diode array-pumped Nd:YAG MOPA as the pump source and tandem OPOs for wavelength conversion. The system employs a Type II degenerate KTP OPO for 2.13 µm and a Type I near degenerate ZGP OPO for broadband radiation in the 3.7-4.1 and 4.4-4.8 µm ranges. The pump laser features a stable cavity with a BBO Q-switch, producing a 20 KHz pulse train with high beam quality.

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© 1999 OSA/ASSL 1999

High Power Conversion to Mid-IR Using KTP and ZGP OPOs*

Eric Cheung, Stephen Palese, Hagop Injeyan, Carolyn Hoefer,


James Ho, Rodger Hilyard, Hiroshi Komine, and Jackie Berg

TRW One Space Park RIA196


Redondo Beach, California 902 78
310-812-2587,fax: 310-812-1684, [Link]@[Link]

Walter Bosenberg

Lightwave Electronics Corp.


1161 Sun Antonio Rd. Mountain View, CA 94043
650-526-1241, fax: 650-962-1661, waltblwe @[Link]

Summary

A high average power, OPO based system has been developed for the purpose of
generating output in the 2 - 5 pm mid-IR band. The system uses a cw diode array -
pumped, Nd:YAG master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) as the pump source and two
tandem OPOs for wavelength conversion to the mid-IR. A Type I1 degenerate KTP OPO
was used to convert the pump beam to 2.13 pm and a Type I near degenerate zinc
germanium phosphite (ZGP) OPO was used to generate broadband radiation in the 3.7 -
4.1 and 4.4 - 4.8 ym wavelength range.

Pump Laser: The pump laser consists of a cw diode-array pumped MOPA. Figure 1
shows the optical layout. The master oscillator is a stable cavity laser using two small 3 x
2.4 x 55 mm Brewster angle cut zig-zag slabs. The slabs are pumped from both sides with
two 12 bar arrays running at a nominal power of 10 W per bar. A BBO Q-switch is used
to generate a 20 KHz pulse train with pulse durations of 38 - 40 ns. The output is typically
20 W with near diffraction limited beam quality. The output from the master oscillator is
magnified by a factor of 2 and amplified by a pair of amplifiers. Each amplifier uses a
normal incidence zig-zag slab and is pumped from both sides by a pair of 50 bar arrays

Reprinted front Advartced Solid-state Lasers, 514


1999 Techrtical Digest, a1999 Optical Society of America
© 1999 OSA/ASSL 1999
© 1999 OSA/ASSL 1999
© 1999 OSA/ASSL 1999

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