• DocumentCode
    2872645
  • Title

    High average power mid IR ZnGeP2 OPO using a wavelength-dependent polarization rotator

  • Author

    Phua, P.B. ; Tan, B.S. ; Wu, R.F. ; Lai, K.S. ; Chia, Lindy ; Lau, Ernest

  • Author_Institution
    DSO Nat. Labs., Singapore
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report a compact 5.5 W mid-IR source that simultaneously generates four wavelengths (3.5 mum, 4.3 mum, 4.6 mum and 5.5 mum) collinearly from a single ZnGeP2 OPO pumped by Type-II KTP OPO via wavelength-dependent polarization rotation.
  • Keywords
    light polarisation; optical parametric oscillators; potassium compounds; zinc compounds; KTP; ZnGeP2; high average power mid IR OPO; mid-IR source; optical parametric oscillator; wavelength 3.5 mum; wavelength 4.3 mum; wavelength 4.6 mum; wavelength 5.5 mum; wavelength-dependent polarization rotator; Birefringence; Crystals; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Optical pulses; Polarization; Power generation; Space vector pulse width modulation; Water heating; (190.4970);
  • 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.2006.4628325
  • Filename
    4628325