arXiv:1702.06306 · Journal of Modern Optics

Efficient single-pass third-harmonic generation from 1560 nm to 520 nm for pumping doubly-resonant OPO

Kong Zhang, Junmin Wang

Published Mar 2, 2017• 2 citations

Abstract

A ~545 mW single-frequency tunable 520 nm green laser has been demonstrated using a periodically-poled potassium titanyl phosphate (PPKTP) bulk crystal based on single-pass third-harmonic generation (THG) of a 1560 nm laser via single-pass second-harmonic generation (SHG) followed by single-pass sum-frequency generation (SFG). In single-pass SHG, two cascaded periodically-poled magnesium-oxide-doped lithium niobate (PPMgO:LN) crystals were used, and ~3.5 W of 780.25 nm doubled laser output is produced, corresponding to maximum doubling efficiency of 26.8%. The system can provide a pump source (520 nm) for an optical parametric oscillator for two-colour entangled continuous-variable optical field generation at 1560 and 780 nm and two-colour local oscillators for homodyne detection.

DOI: 10.1080/09500340.2017.1297860

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