Title :
High power optical parametric oscillator source
Author :
Cheung, Eric ; Palese, Stephen ; Injeyan, Hagop ; Hoefer, Carolyn ; Hilyard, Rodger ; Komine, Hiroshi ; Gish, Jackie ; Bosenberg, Walter
Author_Institution :
TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA, USA
Abstract :
A high average power, optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based system has been developed for the purpose of generating output in the 3-5 μm mid-IR band. The system uses a cw diode array-pumped, Nd:YAG master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) as the pump source and two tandem OPOs for wavelength conversion to the mid-IR. A Type II degenerate KTP OPO was used to convert the pump beam to 2.13 μm and a Type I near (ZGP) OPO was used to generate broadband radiation in the 3.7-4.1 and 4.4-4.8 μm wavelength range
Keywords :
infrared sources; optical parametric oscillators; 3 to 5 micron; CW diode array pumping; KTP; KTiOPO4; Nd:YAG master oscillator power amplifier; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; ZnGeP2; high-power mid-IR source; optical parametric oscillator; type I ZGP crystal; type II degenerate KTP crystal; wavelength conversion; Broadband amplifiers; Diodes; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion; Oscillators; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference Proceedings, 2000 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5846-5
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2000.879831
