High Average Power Second-harmonic Generation of a CW Erbium Fiber MOPA
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Author(s)
Runcorn, TH
Murray, RT
Taylor, JR
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We report the generation of 28 W of 780 nm radiation with near diffraction limited beam quality (M²≤1.15) by frequency-doubling a continuous-wave (CW) erbium fiber master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) system in a periodically poled lithium niobate crystal. The second-harmonic generation conversion efficiency reached 45% with no roll-off observed, suggesting that further power scaling should be possible with higher fundamental pump powers. The generated second-harmonic had a 3 dB spectral bandwidth of 0.10 nm. The presented architecture represents a simple and effective route to generating high-brightness radiation around 780 nm.
Date Issued
2017-08-09
Date Acceptance
2017-07-31
Citation
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 2017, 29 (18), pp.1576-1579
ISSN
1041-1135
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Start Page
1576
End Page
1579
Journal / Book Title
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume
29
Issue
18
Copyright Statement
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. For more information, see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
US Air Force
Grant Number
EP/K503733/1
EP/N009452/1
FA9550-17-1-0197
Subjects
0205 Optical Physics
0906 Electrical And Electronic Engineering
Optoelectronics & Photonics
Publication Status
Published