Compact Tunable Mid-infrared Source Based on PPLT Whispering Gallery Mode Resonators

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Abstract

We demonstrate a tunable optical parametric oscillator in a periodically poled congruently grown lithium tantalite (PPCLT) whispering-gallery-mode resonator. The resonator is mechanically polished to millimeter size, and the quality factor is approximately 10^7 at 1064nm. Our experiments show that this kind of resonators are capable of reaching very low threshold with 57.6% slope efficiency and having wide tuning range from 1.7 to 2.85μm. Combining with its narrow resonant linewidth, it is potentially used as compact, widely tunable and narrow linewidth infrared to mid-infrared laser source.

*This work is supported in part by the National Young 1,000 Talent Plan; National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.91321312, No. 11621091,No. 11674169); Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (No. 2017YFA0303700); International Science and Technology Cooperation Progra

Presenters

  • Kunpeng Jia

    • Nanjing Univ

Authors

  • Kunpeng Jia

    • Nanjing Univ
  • Qijin Mo

    • Nanjing Univ
  • Yichen Liu

    • Nanjing Univ
  • Gang Zhao

    • Nanjing Univ
  • Zhenda Xie

    • Nanjing Univ
  • Xinjie Lv

    • Nanjing Univ
  • Shining Zhu

    • Nanjing Univ