DocumentCode
1650518
Title
Mid-infrared cascaded parametric source in 6 μm region for medical applications
Author
Stoeppler, Georg ; Thilmann, Nicky ; Eichhorn, Marc ; Pasiskevicius, Valdas ; Zukauskas, Andrius ; Canalias, Carlota
Author_Institution
French-German Res. Inst. of St. Louis ISL, St. Louis, France
fYear
2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
All-diode-pumped parametric source generating 5ns pulses tunable in 6.27μm-8.12μm with high-spatial-quality beam and the pulse energy of 0.9 mJ is demonstrated. The device exploits large-aperture PPRKTP MOPA for pumping ZGP OPO in a RISTRA cavity.
Keywords
biomedical equipment; diodes; infrared sources; laser applications in medicine; oscillators; power amplifiers; Q-switched laser; RISTRA cavity; ZGP OPO; all-diode-pumped parametric source; energy 0.9 mJ; high-spatial-quality beam; large-aperture PPRKTP MOPA; master-oscillator power amplifier; medical application; mid-infrared cascaded parametric source; pulse energy; wavelength 6 mum; wavelength 6.27 mum to 8.12 mum; Cavity resonators; Free electron lasers; Frequency conversion; Laser ablation; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Pump lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1839-6
Type
conf
Filename
6325539
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