Mid-infrared generation in ZnGeP2 pumped by a monolithic, power scalable 2-µm source

Nikita Simakov; Alan Davidson; Alexander Hemming; Shayne Bennetts; Mark Hughes; Neil Carmody; Phil Davies; John Haub

doi:10.1117/12.909766

15 February 2012 Mid-infrared generation in ZnGeP₂ pumped by a monolithic, power scalable 2-μm source

Nikita Simakov, Alan Davidson, Alexander Hemming, Shayne Bennetts, Mark Hughes, Neil Carmody, Phil Davies, John Haub

Proceedings Volume 8237, Fiber Lasers IX: Technology, Systems, and Applications; 82373K (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.909766
Event: SPIE LASE, 2012, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We present a power scalable, all-fibre, monolithic pulsed source based on a thulium doped fibre master-oscillator power amplifier design. This source produced 200 μJ pulses with 20 - 40 ns duration at a repetition rate of up to 75 kHz resulting in up to 12 W of linearly polarized light at 2.044 μm. This was used to pump a walk-off compensated ZnGeP2 optical parametric oscillator which generated 3 W in the mid-infrared, with a conversion efficiency of 25%.

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Nikita Simakov, Alan Davidson, Alexander Hemming, Shayne Bennetts, Mark Hughes, Neil Carmody, Phil Davies, and John Haub "Mid-infrared generation in ZnGeP₂ pumped by a monolithic, power scalable 2-μm source", Proc. SPIE 8237, Fiber Lasers IX: Technology, Systems, and Applications, 82373K (15 February 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.909766

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