DocumentCode
1771472
Title
Tunable mid-infrared (6.3–7.8 µm) optical vortex laser
Author
Horikawa, Michael T. ; Furuki, Kenji ; Tokizane, Yu. ; Miyamoto, Katsuhiko ; Omatsu, Takashige
Author_Institution
Grad. Sch. of Adv. Integration Sci., Chiba Univ., Chiba, Japan
fYear
2014
fDate
8-13 June 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate a tunable mid-infrared (6.3-7.8-μm) vortex laser formed of a 1-μm vortex pumped optical parametric oscillator and a difference frequency generator. Maximum output energy of 160-μJ was obtained at a wavelength of 6.5-μm.
Keywords
laser beams; laser tuning; optical frequency conversion; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; optical vortices; solid lasers; difference frequency generator; energy 160 muJ; maximum output energy; tunable mid-infrared optical vortex laser; vortex pumped optical parametric oscillator; wavelength 1 mum; wavelength 6.3 mum to 7.8 mum; Laser modes; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical vortices; Pump lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6989449
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