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Efficient half-harmonic generation of three-optical-cycle mid-IR frequency comb around 4 µm using OP-GaP

Sorokin, Evgeni and Marandi, Alireza and Schunemann, Peter G. and Fejer, M. M. and Byer, Robert L. and Sorokina, Irina T. (2018) Efficient half-harmonic generation of three-optical-cycle mid-IR frequency comb around 4 µm using OP-GaP. Optics Express, 26 (8). pp. 9963-9971. ISSN 1094-4087. doi:10.1364/OE.26.009963. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20180608-154512764

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Abstract

We report a broadband mid-infrared frequency comb with three-optical-cycle pulse duration centered around 4.2 µm, via half-harmonic generation using orientation-patterned GaP (OP-GaP) with ~43% conversion efficiency. We experimentally compare performance of GaP with GaAs and lithium niobate as the nonlinear element, and show how properties of GaP at this wavelength lead to generation of the shortest pulses and the highest conversion efficiency. These results shed new light on half-harmonic generation of frequency combs, and pave the way for generation of short-pulse intrinsically-locked frequency combs at longer wavelengths in the mid-infrared with high conversion efficiencies.


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Marandi, Alireza0000-0002-0470-0050
Fejer, M. M.0000-0002-5512-1905
Byer, Robert L.0000-0003-1331-0318
Additional Information:© 2018 The Author(s). Published by The Optical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI. Received 13 Feb 2018; revised 1 Apr 2018; accepted 2 Apr 2018; published 6 Apr 2018. The authors would like to thank M. Jankowski for discussions, and C. Langrock and K. A. Ingold for experimental support. Funding: NFR Nano 2021 (N219686); FWF (P24916); NSF (ECCS-1609688); NSF-BSF (PHY-1535711).
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Funding AgencyGrant Number
NFR Nano 2021N219686
FWF Der WissenschaftsfondsP24916
NSFECCS-1609688
NSFPHY-1535711
Binational Science Foundation (USA-Israel)UNSPECIFIED
Issue or Number:8
Classification Code:OCIS codes: (190.4970) Parametric oscillators and amplifiers; (190.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics; (140.3510) Lasers, fiber; (140.3070) Infrared and far-infrared lasers
DOI:10.1364/OE.26.009963
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Official Citation:Evgeni Sorokin, Alireza Marandi, Peter G. Schunemann, M. M. Fejer, Robert L. Byer, and Irina T. Sorokina, "Efficient half-harmonic generation of three-optical-cycle mid-IR frequency comb around 4 µm using OP-GaP," Opt. Express 26, 9963-9971 (2018)
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