• DocumentCode
    2672591
  • Title

    Ultrafast tunable mid IR source

  • Author

    Wueppen, Jochen ; Jungbluth, Bernd ; Taubner, Thomas ; Loosen, Peter

  • Author_Institution
    Fraunhofer Inst. for Laser Technol., Aachen, Germany
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    2-7 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report on a Laser source, emitting in the mid-IR spectral range. A mode-locked Nd: YVO Laser is used as a pump Laser, followed by two nonlinear frequency conversion steps (OPG, DFG). The broad-band output beam is tunable between 9 μm and 13 μm, with average powers up to 10 mW. Further extension of the tuning range is possible.
  • Keywords
    infrared sources; laser beams; laser tuning; nonlinear optics; solid lasers; DFG; Nd:YVO; OPG; laser source; mid-IR spectral range; nonlinear frequency conversion steps; pump laser; tunable mid IR source; Crystals; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Pump lasers; Tuning; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2011 36th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Houston, TX
  • ISSN
    2162-2027
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0510-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2162-2027
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/irmmw-THz.2011.6104904
  • Filename
    6104904