• DocumentCode
    2059419
  • Title

    Picosecond tunable mode locking of a Cr2+:ZnSe laser with a frequency-doubling nonlinear mirror

  • Author

    Dherbecourt, Jean-Baptiste ; Denoeud, Adrien ; Melkonian, Jean-Michel ; Raybaut, Myriam ; Godard, Antoine ; Lefebvre, Michel ; Rosencher, Emmanuel

  • Author_Institution
    ONERA the French Aerosp. Lab., Palaiseau, France
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    22-26 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    In this paper the authors present a widely tunable NLM scheme that takes advantage of the unique properties of quasi-phase matched nonlinear crystals: a high nonlinearity (deff = 16 pm/V for a PPLN crystal) and a large spectral tunability (2.44-2.56 μm) provided by a fan-out grating. The phase shift between the two passes is provided by an AR coated wedged YAG plate. Hence, the NLM is tuned by translating components without cavity misalignment or losses variations.
  • Keywords
    antireflection coatings; chromium; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical harmonic generation; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; zinc compounds; YAG; ZnSe:Cr; antireflection coated wedged YAG plate; fan-out grating; frequency-doubling nonlinear mirror; phase shift; picosecond tunable mode locking; quasi-phase matched nonlinear crystals; solid lasers; spectral tunability; wavelength 2.44 mum to 2.56 mum; Lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • ISSN
    Pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0533-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    Pending
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942643
  • Filename
    5942643
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2059419