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High power single crystal KTA optical parametric amplifier for efficient 1.4-3.5 $\mu$m mid-IR radiation generation

Optics 2024-05-24 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we present a single crystal, KTA (potassium titanyl-arsenate, KTiOAsO4_4) based picosecond optical parametric amplifier pumped by an in-house built 1030 nm Yb:YAG thin-disk laser, capable of tunability from 1.46 to 3.5 μ\mum, operating at 90 kHz, with high average power in the signal and idler beams. The highest output power of 8.9 W was reached for the 1750 nm signal beam with 19% conversion efficiency and the respective 2500 nm idler beam power was 6.2 W with 13% efficiency. The highest combined signal and idler mid-IR power was obtained at 17 W at the 2060 nm wavelength degeneracy point.

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@article{arxiv.2404.19506,
  title  = {High power single crystal KTA optical parametric amplifier for efficient 1.4-3.5 $\mu$m mid-IR radiation generation},
  author = {Bianka Csanaková and Ondřej Novák and Lukáš Roškot and Jiří Mužík and Martin Smrž and Helena Jelínková and Tomáš Mocek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.19506},
  year   = {2024}
}

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8 pages, 14 figures