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Efficient Single-Pass Optical Parametric Generation and Amplification using a Periodically Poled Stoichiometric Lithium Tantalate

  • Yu, Nan-Ei;Lee, Yong-Hoon;Lee, Yeung-Lak;Jung, Chang-Soo;Ko, Do-Kyeong;Lee, Jong-Min
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.192-195
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    • 2007
  • A high-conversion efficiency, nanosecond pulsed optical parametric generation and amplification with repetition rate of 20 kHz based on a periodically poled MgO-doped stoichiometric lithium tantalate was presented. Pumped by a Q-switched $Nd:YVO_4$ laser at 1064 nm with a pumping power of 4.8W, the generated output power was 1.6W for the signal and idler waves, achieving a slope efficiency of 50%. Using a seed source at signal wave the amplified signal output-pulse energy reached $65{\mu}J$. The obtained maximum gain was 72.4 dB.

Poling Quality Enhancement of PPLN Devices Using Negative Multiple Pulse Poling Method

  • Choi, Ju-Won;Ro, Jung-Hoon;Ko, Do-Kyeong;Yu, Nan-Ei
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.182-186
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    • 2011
  • A poling method using multiple negative voltage was introduced to fabricate periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) devices with quasi-phase matching (QPM) period of $12.9\;{\mu}m$ by utilizing an real-time visualization system. We also performed variation of the electric field during the poling. Two different conventionally used poling method, negative and positive single pulses, were used and the poling quality compared through microscopic images and far-field diffraction pattern analysis. Etched images on the +z and -z surfaces of PPLN showed that negative multiple pulse poling presented the highest periodicity in domain structures among the three methods. Duty ratio and its standard deviation were measured by analyzing far-field diffraction patterns. The newly introduced method of negative multiple pulse poling had duty ratio of 0.42 which was close to the ideal value of 0.50 and standard deviation of 0.020 that was about 3 times smaller than that of the other conventional methods.

Investigation of Terahertz Generation from Bulk and Periodically Poled LiTaO3 Crystal with a Cherenkov Phase Matching Scheme

  • Li, Zhongyang;Bing, Pibin;Yuan, Sheng;Xu, Degang;Yao, Jianquan
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.297-302
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    • 2015
  • Terahertz (THz) wave generation from bulk and periodically poled $LiTaO_3$ (PPLT) with a Cherenkov phase matching scheme is numerically investigated. It is shown that by using the crystal birefringence of bulk $LiTaO_3$ and a grating vector of PPLT, THz waves can be efficiently generated by difference frequency generation (DFG) with a Cherenkov phase matching scheme. The frequency tuning characteristics of the THz wave via varying wavelength of difference frequency waves, phase matching angle, poling period of PPLT and working temperature are theoretically analyzed. The parametric gain coefficient in the low-loss limit and the absorption coefficient of the THz wave during the DFG process in the vicinity of polariton resonances are numerically analyzed. A THz wave can be efficiently generated by utilizing the giant second order nonlinearities of $LiTaO_3$ in the vicinity of polariton resonances.

Fabrication of a periodically poled MgO : $LiNbO_3$ ridge waveguide for a green laser generation (녹색 광 발진을 위한 주기적 분극 반전된 MgO : $LiNbO_3$ ridge waveguide 제작)

  • Yang, W.S.;Kwon, S.W.;Song, M.K.;Lee, H.M.;Kim, W.K.;Koo, K.H.;Yoon, D.H.;Lee, H.Y.
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.151-155
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    • 2007
  • Quasi-phase-matched (QPM) second harmonic generation (SHG) waveguide devices for a green light generation were fabricated by a periodically patterned electrode on the +Z crystal surface and homogeneous LiCl solution using a 5 mol% MgO doped congruent z-cut lithium niobate crystals. Using selective chemical etching, we confirmed the periodic (${\sim}6.8{\mu}m$) domain inverted structure and measured SHG properties of fabricated periodically poled MgO : $LiNbO_3$ ridge-type waveguides.

Double-pass Second Harmonics Generation of Tunable CW Infrared Laser Beam of DOFA System in Periodically Poled LiNbO3 (PPLN 비선형 결정과 이중통과법을 이용한 DOFA 시스템에서 증폭된 연속발진형 파장가변 적외선 레이저광의 제 2고조파 발생)

  • Yoo, Kil-Sang;Jo, Jae-Heung;Ko, Kwang-Hoon;Lim, Gwon;Jeong, Do-Young
    • Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.229-236
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    • 2008
  • The optimum conditions of second harmonic generation (SHG) can be successfully achieved experimentally using single pass and double pass methods of a pumping beam. The beam has a power of several Watts radiated by a DOFA (Diode Laser Oscillator & Fiber Amplifier) system, which is a high power CW wavelength tunable infrared laser system, in a PPLN (Periodically Poled MgO doped Lithium Niobate) nonlinear crystal. In the case of a single pass method, the parameters are the wavelength of 535 nm for SHG and the output power of 245 mW generated from the pumping input beam with wavelength of 1070 nm and the power of 2.45 W at phase matching temperature of $108.9^{\circ}C$. The conversion efficiency of SHG was 10%. In order to enhance the output of SHG, the double pass method of the SHG system of a PPLN using a concave mirror for the retroreflection and a pair of wedged flat windows for phase compensation was also presented. In this double pass system, we obtained the SHG output beam with the wavelength of 535 nm and the maximum power of 383 mW at optimum phase matching temperature of $108.5^{\circ}C$ by using an incident pumping beam with wavelength of 1070 nm and the power of 2.45 W. The maximum conversion efficiency is 15.6%, which is more than that of the single pass method.