Title :
High power continuous wave second harmonic generation of a tunable CO2 laser using orientation patterned GaAs
Author :
Gonzalez, Leonel P. ; Upchurch, Derek C. ; Schunemann, Peter G. ; Mohnkern, Lee ; Guh, Shekhar
Author_Institution :
Mater. & Manuf. Directorate, Air Force Res. Lab., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA
Abstract :
High power frequency doubling of a tunable continuous wave CO2 laser in orientation patterned GaAs is demonstrated. Second harmonic powers of 300 mW at 4.785 μm were obtained from a 4 cm long crystal at incident pump powers of over 30 W.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; carbon compounds; gallium arsenide; gas lasers; laser tuning; optical harmonic generation; optical pumping; CO2; CO2 laser tuning; GaAs; high power continuous wave second harmonic generation; high power frequency doubling; incident pump powers; patterned gallium arsenide; power 300 mW; second harmonic powers; size 4 cm; wavelength 4.785 mum; Crystals; Gallium arsenide; Harmonic analysis; Laser excitation; Power system harmonics; Pump lasers; Temperature measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
