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Simultaneously Wavelength- and Temperature-Insensitive Mid-Infrared Optical Parametric Amplification with $LiGaS_{2}$ Crystal
| Content Provider | MDPI |
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| Author | Hu, Zhixuan Ma, Jingui |
| Copyright Year | 2022 |
| Description | Ultrafast mid-infrared (mid-IR) lasers with a high pulse repetition rate are in great demand in various fields, including attosecond science and strong-field physics. Due to the lack of suitable mid-IR laser gain medium, optical parametric amplifiers (OPAs) are used to generate an ultrafast mid-IR laser. However, the efficiency of OPA is sensitive to phase mismatches induced by wavelength and temperature deviations from the preset points, which thus limits the pulse duration and the average power of the mid-IR laser. Here, we exploited a noncollinear phase-matching configuration to achieve simultaneously wavelength- and temperature-insensitive mid-IR OPA with a $LiGaS_{2}$ crystal. The noncollinearity can cancel the first-order dependence of phase matching on both wavelength and temperature. Benefitting from the thermal property of the $LiGaS_{2}$ crystal, some collinear phase-matching solutions derived from the first-order and even third-order wavelength insensitivity have comparatively large temperature bandwidths and can be regarded as approximate solutions with simultaneous wavelength and temperature insensitivity. These simultaneously wavelength- and temperature-insensitive phase-matching designs are verified through numerical simulations in order to generate few-cycle, high-power mid-IR pulses. |
| Starting Page | 2886 |
| e-ISSN | 20763417 |
| DOI | 10.3390/app12062886 |
| Journal | Applied Sciences |
| Issue Number | 6 |
| Volume Number | 12 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2022-03-11 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Applied Sciences Spectroscopy Mid-infrared Lasers Ultrafast Lasers Optical Parametric Amplification Ligas2 Crystal |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
