12.2 W ZGP OPO pumped by a Q-Switched Tm3+:Ho3+-codoped fiber laser

Patrick Forster; Jan Lautenschläger; Dominik Lorenz; Julian Schneider; Dieter Panitzek; Clément Romano; Marc Eichhorn; Christelle Kieleck

doi:10.1117/12.3002253

12 March 2024 12.2 W ZGP OPO pumped by a Q-Switched Tm³⁺:Ho³⁺-codoped fiber laser

Patrick Forster, Jan Lautenschläger, Dominik Lorenz, Julian Schneider, Dieter Panitzek, Clément Romano, Marc Eichhorn, Christelle Kieleck

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Proceedings Volume 12869, Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials and Devices XXIII; 1286905 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3002253
Event: SPIE LASE, 2024, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We present our latest results in power scaling of Midwave-Infrared (MWIR) Optical Parametric Oscillators (OPOs) based on a Zinc Germanium Phosphide (ZGP) crystal, utilizing a single oscillator fiber laser as pump source. To obtain a compact and complexity-reduced pump source emitting at ≥ 2.09 μm, a Q-switched Tm³⁺:Ho³⁺- codoped fiber laser was developed. Based on this pump source at an emission wavelength of 2.1 μm, we achieved an MWIR output power of 12.2W with pulse energies of up to 270 μJ and a conversion efficiency exceeding 43 %. This result exceeds the published power records of ZGP-based OPOs pumped by 2 μm Q-switched fiber lasers by 50 % and sets a new benchmark for average power scaling and pulse energy of Q-switched pump sources.

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Patrick Forster, Jan Lautenschläger, Dominik Lorenz, Julian Schneider, Dieter Panitzek, Clément Romano, Marc Eichhorn, and Christelle Kieleck "12.2 W ZGP OPO pumped by a Q-Switched Tm³⁺:Ho³⁺-codoped fiber laser", Proc. SPIE 12869, Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials and Devices XXIII, 1286905 (12 March 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3002253

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Optical parametric oscillators

Fiber lasers

Mid-IR

Q switched lasers

Holmium

Pulsed laser operation

Thulium

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