3.8-μm Mid-Infrared Laser Quasi-Synchronously Pumped by a MOPA Structured Picosecond Yb Fiber Amplifier With Multi-pulse Operation

A picosecond pulsed mid-infrared laser with multi-pulse operation is experimentally demonstrated. This mid-infrared laser was composed of a fiber laser pumped optical parametric oscillator (OPO). The pump source of this OPO was a master oscillator power amplification-structured picosecond fiber ampl...

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Main Authors: Kaihua Wei, Xuefang Zhou, Xiaomin Lai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2016-01-01
Series:IEEE Photonics Journal
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7565633/
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Summary:A picosecond pulsed mid-infrared laser with multi-pulse operation is experimentally demonstrated. This mid-infrared laser was composed of a fiber laser pumped optical parametric oscillator (OPO). The pump source of this OPO was a master oscillator power amplification-structured picosecond fiber amplifier with pulse bunch output, which was further used to quasi-synchronously pump a periodically poled magnesium-oxide doped lithium niobate crystal based OPO to obtain 3.8-μm wavelength output with picosecond multi-pulse operation. The pump-idler conversion efficiency, the signal spectrum, and the signal pulse bunch are presented, respectively.
ISSN:1943-0655