Compact high-power optical source for resonant infrared pulsed laser ablation and deposition of polymer materials

V. Z. Kolev; M. W. Duering; B. Luther-Davies; A. V. Rode

doi:10.1364/OE.14.012302

Compact high-power optical source for resonant infrared pulsed laser ablation and deposition of polymer materials

V. Z. Kolev^*, M. W. Duering, B. Luther-Davies, A. V. Rode

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Abstract

We propose a novel tuneable table-top optical source as an alternative to the free electron laser currently used for resonant infrared pulsed laser deposition of polymers. It is based on two-stage pulsed optical parametric amplification using MgO doped periodically poled lithium niobate crystals. Gain in excess of 10⁶ in the first stage and pump depletion of 58% in the second stage were achieved when the system was pumped by a high-power Nd:YVO₄ picosecond laser source at 1064 nm and seeded by a CW tuneable diode laser at 1530 nm. An average power of 2 W was generated at 3.5 μm corresponding to 1.3 μJ pulse energy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	12302-12309
Number of pages	8
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	14
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.14.012302
Publication status	Published - 11 Dec 2006

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