Abstract

A high brightness hundred picosecond (ps) mid-infrared tunable optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on MgO doped periodically poled lithium niobate (MgO: PPLN) was demonstrated. The pumping source was provided by a cascade amplified microchip laser at 10 kHz with pulse width of 466 ps. The idler wavelength tuning from 2.8 to 4.3 μm was achieved by the combination of period and temperature tuning. The maximum idler average output power was 262 mW at 2.8 μm with a pulse duration of 252 ps, corresponding to 6.7% conversion efficiency. The average beam quality factor was measured to be M 2 = 2.46, resulting in a brightness value of 0.55 MW sr cm−2. Pulse width of 209 ps at 4.3 μm, which was the shortest pulse width from a short cavity OPO to our best knowledge.

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