RESEARCH ARTICLE

Widely tunable and high resolution mid-infrared laser based on BaGa4Se7 optical parametric oscillator

  • Qing Ye 1,2 ,
  • Hui Kong , 1,2 ,
  • Jintian Bian 1,2 ,
  • Jiyong Yao 3 ,
  • Enlong Wang 1,2 ,
  • Yunlong Wu 1,2 ,
  • Haiping Xu 1,2 ,
  • Kaihua Wen 1,2 ,
  • Yihua Hu , 1,2
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  • 1. State Key Laboratory of Pulsed Power Laser Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Hefei 230037, China
  • 2. Advanced Laser Technology Laboratory of Anhui Province, Hefei 230037, China
  • 3. Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
konghui17@nudt.edu.cn
skl_hyh@163.com

Received date: 26 Apr 2023

Accepted date: 18 Jul 2023

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Abstract

The widely tunable and high resolution mid-infrared laser based on a BaGa4Se7 (BGSe) optical parametric oscillator (OPO) was demonstrated. A wavelength tuning range of 2.76–4.64 μm and a wavelength tuning resolution of about 0.3 nm were obtained by a BGSe (56.3°, 0°) OPO, which was pumped by a 1064 nm laser. It is the narrowest reported wavelength tuning resolution for BGSe OPO, and was obtained by simultaneously controlling the angle and temperature of BGSe.

Cite this article

Qing Ye , Hui Kong , Jintian Bian , Jiyong Yao , Enlong Wang , Yunlong Wu , Haiping Xu , Kaihua Wen , Yihua Hu . Widely tunable and high resolution mid-infrared laser based on BaGa4Se7 optical parametric oscillator[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2023 , 16(3) : 26 . DOI: 10.1007/s12200-023-00077-0

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