Efficient, 2-5 μm tunable CdSiP2 optical parametric oscillator pumped by a laser source at 1.57 μm

Opt Lett. 2018 Jan 1;43(1):130-133. doi: 10.1364/OL.43.000130.

Abstract

We report on first demonstrations of CdSiP2-based optical parametric oscillators that are pumped by eye-safe Q-switched nanosecond laser sources operating at 1.57 μm. One device reached 40% optical conversion efficiency generating 10 mJ of energy near degeneracy in the 3 μm region. Angle tuning of a similar device through the middle infrared was demonstrated with the signal and idler waves being tuned from 2.28 μm to 5.05 μm.