Optical parametric conversion to the mid-IR in vapor-transport equilibrated periodically poled near-stoichiometric lithium tantalate

Author

Katz, M. ; Blau, P.

Author_Institution

Electro-Opt. Div., Soreq NRC, Yavne

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A vapor-transport equilibrated (VTE) periodically poled near-stoichiometric LiTaO₃ based OPO was demonstrated. More than 10% conversion efficiency from 1.064 mum to the 4 mum region, and more then 1 Watt of average output power were obtained.

Keywords

lithium compounds; optical frequency conversion; optical parametric oscillators; photorefractive materials; LiTaO₃; OPO; conversion efficiency; mid-IR conversion; optical parametric conversion; periodically poled near-stoichiometric lithium tantalate; photorefractive crystal; power 1 W; vapor-transport equilibration; wavelength 1.064 mum to 4 mum; Crystals; Frequency conversion; Lithium compounds; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optimized production technology; Photorefractive materials; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Temperature; (190.2620) Frequency conversion; (190.4400) Nonlinear optics, materials; (190.4970) Parametric oscillators and amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627996

Filename

4627996