• DocumentCode
    2248408
  • Title

    Continuous-wave second harmonic generation of a tunable CO2 laser in orientation-patterned GaAs

  • Author

    Gonzalez, Leonel P. ; Upchurch, Derek C. ; Schunemann, Peter G. ; Mohnkern, Lee ; Guha, Shekhar

  • Author_Institution
    Mater. & Manuf. Directorate, Air Force Res. Lab., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Frequency doubling of a tunable continuous wave CO2 laser in orientation patterned GaAs is demonstrated. For 1.8 W incident power at 9.29 μm, 1.9 mW of second harmonic power was obtained from a 4 cm long crystal.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; carbon compounds; gallium arsenide; gas lasers; laser tuning; optical harmonic generation; CO2; continuous-wave second harmonic generation; optical frequency doubling; power 1.8 W; power 1.9 W; tunable CO2 laser; wavelength 9.29 mum; Crystals; Frequency conversion; Gallium arsenide; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Measurement by laser beam; Nonlinear optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950952