• DocumentCode
    2239629
  • 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
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950595