Abstract

We report on a compact and simple ultrafast source producing tunable radiation in the near-IR wavelength range. Based on single-pass frequency doubling of an ultrafast ${\mathrm{Cr}}^{2+}\text{:}\mathrm{ZnS}$ laser at 2360 nm with pulse width of 43 fs at a repetition rate of 80 MHz in MgO:PPLN crystal, the source produces maximum average output power of $\sim 2.43\mathrm{W}$ tunable across 1137–1200 nm with a maximum single-pass conversion efficiency as high as 65%. Without use of any pulse compression technique, the source produces output pulses in Gaussian shape with measured pulse width of $\sim 60\mathrm{fs}$ and spectral width of 39 nm centered at 1180 nm corresponding to a time-bandwidth product of 0.5. The output beam has a Gaussian spatial profile with measured $M^2<1.32$ and a peak-to-peak power fluctuation of 3% over 2 h. Using MgO:PPLN crystal of two different lengths, 1 mm and 2 mm, we have observed that the optimum second-harmonic generation efficiency of an ultrafast pulse laser, even in the presence of temporal walk-off, appears in the low pump focusing condition.

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