Abstract

We report a high-power, single-frequency, continuous-wave (cw) source tunable across 775–807 nm in the near-infrared, based on internal second harmonic generation (SHG) of a cw singly-resonant optical parametric oscillator (OPO) pumped by a Yb-fiber laser. The compact, all-periodically-poled source employs a 48-mm-long, multigrating MgO doped periodically poled lithium niobate (MgO:PPLN) crystal for the OPO and a 30-mm-long, fan-out grating MgO-doped stoichiometric periodically poled lithium tantalate (MgO:sPPLT) crystal for intracavity SHG, providing as much as 3.7 W of near-infrared power at 793 nm, together with 4 W of idler power at 3232 nm, at an overall extraction efficiency of 28%. Further, the cw OPO is tunable across 3125–3396 nm in the idler, providing as much as 4.3 W at 3133 nm with $>3.8\mathrm{W}$ over 77% of the tuning range together with $>3\mathrm{W}$ of near-infrared power across 56% of SHG tuning range, in high-spatial beam-quality with $M^2<1.4$. The SHG output has an instantaneous linewidth of 8.5 MHz and exhibits a passive power stability better than 3.5% rms over more than 1 min.

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