Abstract

We demonstrate a compact high power mid-infrared (MIR) optical parametric oscillator (OPO) pumped by a gain-switched linearly polarized, pulsed fiber laser. The gain-switched fiber laser was constructed with a piece of Yb doped polarization maintaining (PM) fiber, a pair of fiber Bragg gratings written into the matched passive PM fiber and 6 pigtailed pump laser diodes working at 915 nm with 30 W output peak power each. By modulating the pulse width of the pump laser diode, simple pedestal-free pulse shape or pedestal-free trailing pulse shape (“figure-of-h” as we call it) could be achieved from the gain-switched fiber laser. The laser was employed as the pump of a two-channel, periodically poled magnesium oxide lithium niobate-based OPO system. High power MIR emission was generated with average output power of 5.15 W at 3.8 μm channel and 8.54 W at 3.3 μm channel under the highest pump power of 45 W. The corresponding pump-to-idler conversion efficiency was computed to be 11.7% and 19.1%, respectively. Experimental results verify a significant improvement to signal-to-idler conversion efficiency by using “figure-of-h” pulses over simple pedestal-free pulses. Compared to the master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) fiber laser counterpart, the presented gain switched fiber laser is more attractive in OPO pumping due to its compactness and simplicity which are beneficial to construction of OPO systems for practical MIR applications.

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U. Willer, M. Saraji, A. Khorsandi, P. Geiser, and W. Schade, “Near- and mid-infrared laser monitoring of industrial processes, environment and security applications,” Opt. Lasers Eng. 44(7), 699–710 (2006).
[Crossref]

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2004 (1)

H. H. P. T. Bekman, J. C. van den Heuvel, F. J. M. van Putten, and H. M. A. Schleijpen, “Development of a mid-infrared laser for study of infrared countermeasures techniques,” Proc. SPIE 5615, 27–38 (2004).
[Crossref]

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Agrež, V.

Alam, S.

Y. Shen, S. Alam, K. K. Chen, D. Lin, S. Cai, B. Wu, P. Jiang, A. Malinowski, and D. J. Richardson, “PPMgLN-based high-power optical parametric oscillator pumped by Yb3+-doped fiber amplifier incorporates active pulse shaping,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 15, 385–392 (2009).

Aoust, G.

G. Aoust, A. Godard, M. Raybaut, J. Dherbecourt, G. Canat, and M. Lefebvre, “Pump duration optimization for optical parametric oscillators,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B (to be published).

Arie, A.

Bang, O.

Bekman, H. H. P. T.

H. H. P. T. Bekman, J. C. van den Heuvel, F. J. M. van Putten, and H. M. A. Schleijpen, “Development of a mid-infrared laser for study of infrared countermeasures techniques,” Proc. SPIE 5615, 27–38 (2004).
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Cai, S.

Y. Shen, S. Alam, K. K. Chen, D. Lin, S. Cai, B. Wu, P. Jiang, A. Malinowski, and D. J. Richardson, “PPMgLN-based high-power optical parametric oscillator pumped by Yb3+-doped fiber amplifier incorporates active pulse shaping,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 15, 385–392 (2009).

Canat, G.

G. Aoust, A. Godard, M. Raybaut, J. Dherbecourt, G. Canat, and M. Lefebvre, “Pump duration optimization for optical parametric oscillators,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B (to be published).

Chaitanya Kumar, S.

Chen, H.

Chen, K. K.

Y. Shen, S. Alam, K. K. Chen, D. Lin, S. Cai, B. Wu, P. Jiang, A. Malinowski, and D. J. Richardson, “PPMgLN-based high-power optical parametric oscillator pumped by Yb3+-doped fiber amplifier incorporates active pulse shaping,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 15, 385–392 (2009).

Chen, T.

Curl, R. F.

Dherbecourt, J.

G. Aoust, A. Godard, M. Raybaut, J. Dherbecourt, G. Canat, and M. Lefebvre, “Pump duration optimization for optical parametric oscillators,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B (to be published).

Ebrahim-Zadeh, M.

Esteban-Martin, A.

Gayer, O.

Geiser, P.

U. Willer, M. Saraji, A. Khorsandi, P. Geiser, and W. Schade, “Near- and mid-infrared laser monitoring of industrial processes, environment and security applications,” Opt. Lasers Eng. 44(7), 699–710 (2006).
[Crossref]

Godard, A.

G. Aoust, A. Godard, M. Raybaut, J. Dherbecourt, G. Canat, and M. Lefebvre, “Pump duration optimization for optical parametric oscillators,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B (to be published).

Goldberg, L.

Gong, M.

Hansen, K. P.

Hu, C.

Hu, X. P.

Y. H. Liu, X. J. Lv, Z. D. Xie, X. P. Hu, Y. Yuan, J. Lu, L. N. Zhao, and S. N. Zhu, “Amplification assisted optical parametric oscillator in the mid-infrared region,” Appl. Phys. B 106(2), 267–270 (2012).
[Crossref]

Ishizuki, H.

Ji, E.

Jiang, M.

Jiang, P.

Khorsandi, A.

U. Willer, M. Saraji, A. Khorsandi, P. Geiser, and W. Schade, “Near- and mid-infrared laser monitoring of industrial processes, environment and security applications,” Opt. Lasers Eng. 44(7), 699–710 (2006).
[Crossref]

Kimmelma, O.

Kumar, S. C.

Larsen, C.

Lefebvre, M.

G. Aoust, A. Godard, M. Raybaut, J. Dherbecourt, G. Canat, and M. Lefebvre, “Pump duration optimization for optical parametric oscillators,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B (to be published).

Li, X.

X. Li, X. Xu, Y. Shang, H. Wang, and L. Liu, “Study on high power continuous-wave mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator,” Proc. SPIE 9251, 92510A1–4 (2014).

Lin, D.

Y. Shen, S. Alam, K. K. Chen, D. Lin, S. Cai, B. Wu, P. Jiang, A. Malinowski, and D. J. Richardson, “PPMgLN-based high-power optical parametric oscillator pumped by Yb3+-doped fiber amplifier incorporates active pulse shaping,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 15, 385–392 (2009).

Liu, L.

X. Li, X. Xu, Y. Shang, H. Wang, and L. Liu, “Study on high power continuous-wave mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator,” Proc. SPIE 9251, 92510A1–4 (2014).

Liu, Q.

Liu, Y. H.

Y. H. Liu, X. J. Lv, Z. D. Xie, X. P. Hu, Y. Yuan, J. Lu, L. N. Zhao, and S. N. Zhu, “Amplification assisted optical parametric oscillator in the mid-infrared region,” Appl. Phys. B 106(2), 267–270 (2012).
[Crossref]

Lu, J.

Y. H. Liu, X. J. Lv, Z. D. Xie, X. P. Hu, Y. Yuan, J. Lu, L. N. Zhao, and S. N. Zhu, “Amplification assisted optical parametric oscillator in the mid-infrared region,” Appl. Phys. B 106(2), 267–270 (2012).
[Crossref]

Lv, X. J.

Y. H. Liu, X. J. Lv, Z. D. Xie, X. P. Hu, Y. Yuan, J. Lu, L. N. Zhao, and S. N. Zhu, “Amplification assisted optical parametric oscillator in the mid-infrared region,” Appl. Phys. B 106(2), 267–270 (2012).
[Crossref]

Malinowski, A.

Y. Shen, S. Alam, K. K. Chen, D. Lin, S. Cai, B. Wu, P. Jiang, A. Malinowski, and D. J. Richardson, “PPMgLN-based high-power optical parametric oscillator pumped by Yb3+-doped fiber amplifier incorporates active pulse shaping,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 15, 385–392 (2009).

Mattsson, K. E.

Myers, L. E.

L. E. Myers and W. R. Bosenberg, “Periodically poled lithium niobate and quasi-phase-matched optical parametric oscillators,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 33(10), 1663–1672 (1997).
[Crossref]

Noordegraaf, D.

Petkovšek, R.

Petrov, K. P.

Raybaut, M.

G. Aoust, A. Godard, M. Raybaut, J. Dherbecourt, G. Canat, and M. Lefebvre, “Pump duration optimization for optical parametric oscillators,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B (to be published).

Richardson, D. J.

Y. Shen, S. Alam, K. K. Chen, D. Lin, S. Cai, B. Wu, P. Jiang, A. Malinowski, and D. J. Richardson, “PPMgLN-based high-power optical parametric oscillator pumped by Yb3+-doped fiber amplifier incorporates active pulse shaping,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 15, 385–392 (2009).

Sacks, Z.

Saraji, M.

U. Willer, M. Saraji, A. Khorsandi, P. Geiser, and W. Schade, “Near- and mid-infrared laser monitoring of industrial processes, environment and security applications,” Opt. Lasers Eng. 44(7), 699–710 (2006).
[Crossref]

Schade, W.

U. Willer, M. Saraji, A. Khorsandi, P. Geiser, and W. Schade, “Near- and mid-infrared laser monitoring of industrial processes, environment and security applications,” Opt. Lasers Eng. 44(7), 699–710 (2006).
[Crossref]

Schleijpen, H. M. A.

H. H. P. T. Bekman, J. C. van den Heuvel, F. J. M. van Putten, and H. M. A. Schleijpen, “Development of a mid-infrared laser for study of infrared countermeasures techniques,” Proc. SPIE 5615, 27–38 (2004).
[Crossref]

Shang, Y.

X. Li, X. Xu, Y. Shang, H. Wang, and L. Liu, “Study on high power continuous-wave mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator,” Proc. SPIE 9251, 92510A1–4 (2014).

Shen, Y.

Skovgaard, P. M. W.

Taira, T.

Tal, E.

Tayebati, P.

Tittel, F. K.

van den Heuvel, J. C.

H. H. P. T. Bekman, J. C. van den Heuvel, F. J. M. van Putten, and H. M. A. Schleijpen, “Development of a mid-infrared laser for study of infrared countermeasures techniques,” Proc. SPIE 5615, 27–38 (2004).
[Crossref]

van Putten, F. J. M.

H. H. P. T. Bekman, J. C. van den Heuvel, F. J. M. van Putten, and H. M. A. Schleijpen, “Development of a mid-infrared laser for study of infrared countermeasures techniques,” Proc. SPIE 5615, 27–38 (2004).
[Crossref]

Wang, H.

X. Li, X. Xu, Y. Shang, H. Wang, and L. Liu, “Study on high power continuous-wave mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator,” Proc. SPIE 9251, 92510A1–4 (2014).

Wang, L.

Wei, K.

Willer, U.

U. Willer, M. Saraji, A. Khorsandi, P. Geiser, and W. Schade, “Near- and mid-infrared laser monitoring of industrial processes, environment and security applications,” Opt. Lasers Eng. 44(7), 699–710 (2006).
[Crossref]

Wu, B.

Xie, Z. D.

Y. H. Liu, X. J. Lv, Z. D. Xie, X. P. Hu, Y. Yuan, J. Lu, L. N. Zhao, and S. N. Zhu, “Amplification assisted optical parametric oscillator in the mid-infrared region,” Appl. Phys. B 106(2), 267–270 (2012).
[Crossref]

Xu, X.

X. Li, X. Xu, Y. Shang, H. Wang, and L. Liu, “Study on high power continuous-wave mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator,” Proc. SPIE 9251, 92510A1–4 (2014).

Yang, D.

Yuan, Y.

Y. H. Liu, X. J. Lv, Z. D. Xie, X. P. Hu, Y. Yuan, J. Lu, L. N. Zhao, and S. N. Zhu, “Amplification assisted optical parametric oscillator in the mid-infrared region,” Appl. Phys. B 106(2), 267–270 (2012).
[Crossref]

Zhao, L. N.

Y. H. Liu, X. J. Lv, Z. D. Xie, X. P. Hu, Y. Yuan, J. Lu, L. N. Zhao, and S. N. Zhu, “Amplification assisted optical parametric oscillator in the mid-infrared region,” Appl. Phys. B 106(2), 267–270 (2012).
[Crossref]

Zhu, S. N.

Y. H. Liu, X. J. Lv, Z. D. Xie, X. P. Hu, Y. Yuan, J. Lu, L. N. Zhao, and S. N. Zhu, “Amplification assisted optical parametric oscillator in the mid-infrared region,” Appl. Phys. B 106(2), 267–270 (2012).
[Crossref]

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Y. H. Liu, X. J. Lv, Z. D. Xie, X. P. Hu, Y. Yuan, J. Lu, L. N. Zhao, and S. N. Zhu, “Amplification assisted optical parametric oscillator in the mid-infrared region,” Appl. Phys. B 106(2), 267–270 (2012).
[Crossref]

IEEE J. Quantum Electron. (1)

L. E. Myers and W. R. Bosenberg, “Periodically poled lithium niobate and quasi-phase-matched optical parametric oscillators,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 33(10), 1663–1672 (1997).
[Crossref]

IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. (1)

Y. Shen, S. Alam, K. K. Chen, D. Lin, S. Cai, B. Wu, P. Jiang, A. Malinowski, and D. J. Richardson, “PPMgLN-based high-power optical parametric oscillator pumped by Yb3+-doped fiber amplifier incorporates active pulse shaping,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 15, 385–392 (2009).

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U. Willer, M. Saraji, A. Khorsandi, P. Geiser, and W. Schade, “Near- and mid-infrared laser monitoring of industrial processes, environment and security applications,” Opt. Lasers Eng. 44(7), 699–710 (2006).
[Crossref]

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X. Li, X. Xu, Y. Shang, H. Wang, and L. Liu, “Study on high power continuous-wave mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator,” Proc. SPIE 9251, 92510A1–4 (2014).

H. H. P. T. Bekman, J. C. van den Heuvel, F. J. M. van Putten, and H. M. A. Schleijpen, “Development of a mid-infrared laser for study of infrared countermeasures techniques,” Proc. SPIE 5615, 27–38 (2004).
[Crossref]

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Fig. 1
Fig. 1 Experimental setup of the gain-switched fiber laser pumped OPO system.

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Fig. 2
Fig. 2 The fiber laser output pulse train under pump of 200 kHz and pump pulse width of (a)1 μs and (b) 2 μs. Inset, the single pulse shapes.

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Fig. 3
Fig. 3 The spectra of signal wavelength under different pump power corresponding to MIR output at (a)3.8 μm and (b) 3.3 μm respectively.

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Fig. 4 Idler output power and pump-to-idler conversion efficiency dependence on the pump power.

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Fig. 5
Fig. 5 Different temporal profiles of the pump, depleted pump and the signal wave from the OPO system (a) simple pedestal-free pulse (b) “figure-of-h” pulse shape

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