Abstract
A novel device with a simple architecture for high-power mid-wave infrared beam generation is proposed and analyzed using a realistic model that takes the diffraction of the beams into account. The device is a seeded efficiency-enhanced optical parametric generator based on an aperiodically poled MgO-doped LiNbO3 grating in which two optical parametric amplification (OPA) processes are simultaneously phase matched. When pumped by a high-repetition-rate nanosecond-pulsed laser operating at 1064 nm, power conversion efficiency enhancement of the mid-wave infrared output at a wavelength of 3.8 μm (compared to what is achievable with a single OPA process) occurs. Also, a difference-frequency beam is generated. Multiple aperiodic gratings with varying relative strengths of the two optical parametric amplification processes are designed. The developed model is used for determining the optimum relative strengths of the two processes and input pump power levels for achieving the maximum mid-wave infrared conversion efficiency and output power for various crystal lengths.
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