Title :
Energy-scalable pulsed mid-infrared source using orientation-patterned GaAs
Author :
French, David ; Jovanovic, Igor ; Peterson, Ronald
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Mech. & Nucl. Eng., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a five-fold increase in the energy of mid-infrared pulses from an optical parametric oscillator by amplification in an optical parametric amplifier using OPGaAs. Our approach represents an energy-scalable mid-infrared pulse source.
Keywords :
gallium arsenide; light sources; optical parametric amplifiers; optical parametric oscillators; optical pulse generation; GaAs; energy scalable pulsed midinfrared source; midinfrared pulse; optical parametric amplifier; optical parametric oscillator; Crystals; Frequency conversion; Laser beams; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical resonators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
