title: High-power, continuous-wave, singly resonant optical parametric oscillator based on MgO:sPPLT.
abstract: We report a high-power, widely tunable, cw singly resonant optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on MgO:sPPLT. The OPO is pumped in the green by a cw diode-pumped Nd:YVO(4) laser at 532 nm and can provide continuously tunable output across 848-1430 nm. Using a 30 mm crystal and double-pass pumping, an oscillation threshold of 2.88 W has been obtained, and single-pass idler powers in excess of 1.51 W have been generated over 1104-1430 nm for 6W of pump power at an extraction efficiency of 25.2% and photon conversion efficiency of 56.7%.
authors.affiliation: ICFO, The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Mediterranean Technology Park, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Samanta
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Fayaz
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ebrahim-Zadeh