Beam quality improvements by a large margin for signal and idler beams of a high energy 100 Hz KTiOAsO_(4)(KTA)non-critical phase matching(NCPM)optical parametric oscillator(OPO)were demonstrated using an unstable res...Beam quality improvements by a large margin for signal and idler beams of a high energy 100 Hz KTiOAsO_(4)(KTA)non-critical phase matching(NCPM)optical parametric oscillator(OPO)were demonstrated using an unstable resonator configuration instead of a plane-parallel one.Theoretically,influences of cavity lengths and transmission of an output coupler on the OPO conversion efficiency for both were numerically simulated.For OPO based on an unstable resonator with a Gaussian reflectivity mirror,the maximum pulse energies at the signal(1.53μm)and idler(3.47μm)were about 75 mJ and 26 mJ,respectively.The corresponding beam quality factors of the signal were M_(x)^(2)=9.8 and M_(y)^(2)=9.9,and M_(x)^(2)=11.2 and M_(y)^(2)=11.5 for the idler.As a comparison,128 mJ of signal and 48 mJ of idler were obtained with the plane-parallel resonator,and the M~2 factors of the signal were M_(x)^(2)=39.8 and M_(y)^(2)=38.4,and M_(x)^(2)=32.1 and M_(y)^(2)=31.4 for the idler.Compared with a plane-parallel cavity,over eight times and three times brightness improvements were realized for the signal and idler light,respectively.展开更多
A high-energy 100-Hz optical parametric oscillator(OPO)based on a confocal unstable resonator with a Gaussian reflectivity mirror was demonstrated.A KTA-based OPO with a good beam quality was obtained when the magnifi...A high-energy 100-Hz optical parametric oscillator(OPO)based on a confocal unstable resonator with a Gaussian reflectivity mirror was demonstrated.A KTA-based OPO with a good beam quality was obtained when the magnification factor was 1.5,corresponding to the maximum signal(1.53μm)energy of 56 m J and idler(3.47μm)energy of 20 m J,respectively.The beam quality factors(M^(2))were measured to be M^(2)_(x)=5.7,M^(2)_(y)=5.9 for signal and M^(2)_(x)=8.4,M^(2)_(y)=8.1 for idler accordingly.The experimental results indicated that the beam quality positively changed with the increase of magnification factors,accompanied by an acceptable loss of pulse energy.展开更多
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.62075116 and 62075117)Key Research Program of Shandong Province(No.2019JMRH0111)+2 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(Nos.ZR2019MF039 and ZR2020MF114)Founding for Qilu Young Scholars from Shandong UniversityChina Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2021TQ0190)。
文摘Beam quality improvements by a large margin for signal and idler beams of a high energy 100 Hz KTiOAsO_(4)(KTA)non-critical phase matching(NCPM)optical parametric oscillator(OPO)were demonstrated using an unstable resonator configuration instead of a plane-parallel one.Theoretically,influences of cavity lengths and transmission of an output coupler on the OPO conversion efficiency for both were numerically simulated.For OPO based on an unstable resonator with a Gaussian reflectivity mirror,the maximum pulse energies at the signal(1.53μm)and idler(3.47μm)were about 75 mJ and 26 mJ,respectively.The corresponding beam quality factors of the signal were M_(x)^(2)=9.8 and M_(y)^(2)=9.9,and M_(x)^(2)=11.2 and M_(y)^(2)=11.5 for the idler.As a comparison,128 mJ of signal and 48 mJ of idler were obtained with the plane-parallel resonator,and the M~2 factors of the signal were M_(x)^(2)=39.8 and M_(y)^(2)=38.4,and M_(x)^(2)=32.1 and M_(y)^(2)=31.4 for the idler.Compared with a plane-parallel cavity,over eight times and three times brightness improvements were realized for the signal and idler light,respectively.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.62075116 and 62075117)Key Research Program of Shandong Province(No.2020JMRH0302)+2 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(Nos.ZR2019MF039,ZR2020MF114,and ZR2022QF087)Founding for Qilu Young Scholars from Shandong UniversityChina Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2021TQ0190)。
文摘A high-energy 100-Hz optical parametric oscillator(OPO)based on a confocal unstable resonator with a Gaussian reflectivity mirror was demonstrated.A KTA-based OPO with a good beam quality was obtained when the magnification factor was 1.5,corresponding to the maximum signal(1.53μm)energy of 56 m J and idler(3.47μm)energy of 20 m J,respectively.The beam quality factors(M^(2))were measured to be M^(2)_(x)=5.7,M^(2)_(y)=5.9 for signal and M^(2)_(x)=8.4,M^(2)_(y)=8.1 for idler accordingly.The experimental results indicated that the beam quality positively changed with the increase of magnification factors,accompanied by an acceptable loss of pulse energy.
