• DocumentCode
    2483949
  • Title

    High power diode pumped mid-IR lasers

  • Author

    Knights, M.G. ; Budni, P.A. ; Schunemann, P.G. ; Pollack, T.M. ; Chicklis, E.P.

  • Author_Institution
    Lockheed Sanders Avionics, Nashua, NH, USA
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    15-18 Nov 1993
  • Firstpage
    691
  • Abstract
    In this paper we describe recent advances in these areas that have enabled us to demonstrate a zinc-germanium-phosphide (ZnGeP2) optical parametric oscillator (OPO) driven by a diode pumped holmium laser, capable of multi-watt average power levels in both the near and mid-IR; repetition rates to tens of KHz; and OPO conversion efficiencies approaching 50% (input-to-output) and 70% (slope)
  • Keywords
    infrared sources; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; semiconductor materials; zinc compounds; 50 percent; 70 percent; OPO conversion efficiencies; ZnGeP2; diode pumped holmium laser; high power diode pumped mid-IR lasers; mid-IR; multi-watt average power levels; near IR; optical parametric oscillator; repetition rates; zinc-germanium-phosphide; Diodes; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor laser arrays; Thermal conductivity; Thermal lensing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1993. LEOS '93 Conference Proceedings. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-1263-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.1993.379377
  • Filename
    379377
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2483949