title: Optical parametric generation in CdSiP2.
abstract: We report efficient generation of picosecond pulses in the near- and mid-IR in the new nonlinear material CdSiP(2) pumped at 1.064 μm by an amplified mode-locked Nd:YVO(4) laser at a 100 kHz repetition rate. By using single-pass optical parametric generation in 8-mm-long crystal cut for type I(e→oo) noncritical phase matching, an average idler power of 154 mW at 6.204 μm together with 1.16 W of signal at 1.282 μm has been obtained for 6.1 W of pump at photon conversion efficiencies of 15% and 23%, respectively. Signal pulse durations of 6.36 ps are measured for 9 ps pump pulses.
authors.affiliation: ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Mediterranean Technology Park, 08860 Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Chalus
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Schunemann
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Zawilski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Biegert
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ebrahim-Zadeh