title: Efficient 1.8 μm KTiOPO4 optical parametric oscillator pumped within an Nd:YAG/SrWO4 Raman laser.
abstract: A 1.8 μm optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on a noncritically phase-matched KTiOPO4 crystal is demonstrated. OPO and stimulated Raman scattering techniques are successfully combined in an acousto-optically Q-switched Nd:YAG/SrWO4 Raman laser. The device efficiently realizes three steps of conversion: from a laser diode wavelength of 808 nm to the fundamental wavelength of 1064 nm; next, to the Stokes wavelength of 1180 nm; and finally to the OPO signal wavelength of 1810 nm. With an incident diode power of 7.2 W and a pulse repetition rate of 15 kHz, an average signal power of 485 mW is obtained with a diode-to-signal conversion efficiency of 6.75%. The beam quality factors (M2) of the signal wave in both horizontal and vertical directions are measured to be 1.7±0.2. The numerical output power results of the system, the thermal lensing, and the stability parameter of the cavity are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
authors.forename: Fen
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Qingpu
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhaojun
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xingyu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wenjia
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Xuebin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Guofan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Huaijin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang