Ultrafast mid-IR sources based on polycrystalline Cr:ZnS/Se and their spectral broadening using supercontinuum generation in silicon nitride waveguides (Conference Presentation)

Sergey Vasilyev; Dmitry Martyshkin; Vlasimir Fedorov; Mike Mirov; Hairun Guo; Junqiu Liu; Wenle Weng; Clemens Herkommer; Konstantin Vodopyanov; Tobias Kippenberg; Sergey B. Mirov

doi:10.1117/12.2514776

4 March 2019 Ultrafast mid-IR sources based on polycrystalline Cr:ZnS/Se and their spectral broadening using supercontinuum generation in silicon nitride waveguides (Conference Presentation)

Sergey Vasilyev, Dmitry Martyshkin, Vlasimir Fedorov, Mike Mirov, Hairun Guo, Junqiu Liu, Wenle Weng, Clemens Herkommer, Konstantin Vodopyanov, Tobias Kippenberg, Sergey B. Mirov

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Proceedings Volume 10902, Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials and Devices XVIII; 1090208 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2514776
Event: SPIE LASE, 2019, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Kerr-lens mode locked lasers based on polycrystalline Cr:ZnS and Cr:ZnSe have come of age and, arguably, represent the most viable route for generation of ultra-short pulses in the range 2–3 μm. Developed designs of Kerr-lens mode locked oscillators feature high efﬁciency and provide access to few-cycle MIR pulses with Watt-level power in a very broad range of pulse repetition rates. However, currently available dispersive mirror coatings limit spectral coverage of these oscillators to below one octave hampering their conversion to frequency combs via frequency envelop offset frequency (fceo) control and stabilization. Supercontinuum (SC) generation using photonic waveguides is a promising approach for spectral broadening of pulsed coherent sources at low pulse energies and small footprint. Among many materials promising for this application stoichiomentric Si3N4 (SiN) holds a unique place due to its high nonlinearity, CMOS compatible fabrication process, and spectral coverage over visible-middle-infrared (MIR) range. In the current paper we experimentally demonstrate the generation of a supercontinuum spanning more than 1.5 octaves over 1.2-3.7 um range in a silicon nitride waveguide using sub-40-fs pulses at 2.35 um generated by 75 MHz Cr:ZnS laser. The coupling efficiency was about 16%, which corresponds to 0.56nJ pulse energy and 12.4 kW peak power. We also have observed that threshold for SC generation was about 50 mW of incident power that corresponds to 2.4KW peak power. The demonstrated coherent 1.5 octaves spanning bandwidth is ideal for self-referenced f-2f detection of the fceo. In addition, this represents a promising broadband coherent source for dual comb spectroscopy.

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Sergey Vasilyev, Dmitry Martyshkin, Vlasimir Fedorov, Mike Mirov, Hairun Guo, Junqiu Liu, Wenle Weng, Clemens Herkommer, Konstantin Vodopyanov, Tobias Kippenberg, and Sergey B. Mirov "Ultrafast mid-IR sources based on polycrystalline Cr:ZnS/Se and their spectral broadening using supercontinuum generation in silicon nitride waveguides (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 10902, Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials and Devices XVIII, 1090208 (4 March 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2514776

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Waveguides

Silicon

Mid-IR

Supercontinuum generation

Ultrafast phenomena

Mode locking

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