Master-oscillator power-amplifier scheme for efficient green-light generation in a planar MgO:PPLN waveguide

Kiyohide Sakai; Yasuharu Koyata; Naoyuki Shimada; Kimitaka Shibata; Yoshihiko Hanamaki; Shigetaka Itakura; Tetsuya Yagi; Yoshihito Hirano

doi:10.1364/ol.33.000431

Master-oscillator power-amplifier scheme for efficient green-light generation in a planar MgO:PPLN waveguide

Opt Lett. 2008 Mar 1;33(5):431-3. doi: 10.1364/ol.33.000431.

Authors

Kiyohide Sakai¹, Yasuharu Koyata, Naoyuki Shimada, Kimitaka Shibata, Yoshihiko Hanamaki, Shigetaka Itakura, Tetsuya Yagi, Yoshihito Hirano

Affiliation

¹ Information Technology R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Kanagawa, Japan. sakai.kiyohide@aj.mitsubishielectric.co.jp

PMID: 18311282
DOI: 10.1364/ol.33.000431

Abstract

We developed a new master-oscillator power-amplifier scheme consisting of a tapered semiconductor amplifier and a fiber-grating-stabilized laser diode for efficient green-light generation in a planar MgO:PPLN waveguide, and demonstrated cw green-light generation of 346 mW.