• DocumentCode
    3008756
  • Title

    Mid-IR OPO operating near room temperature based on vapor-transport equilibrated periodically poled stoichiometric LiTaO3

  • Author

    Katz, M. ; Blau, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Soreq NRC, Yavne
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A vapor-transport equilibrated (VTE) periodically-poled near-stoichiometric LiTaO3 based OPO was demonstrated. 1.0-Watt of average output power at 4.03-mum under 10.2-Watt of 1.064-mum pumping was obtained. Simultaneously, 0.2-Watt at 4.685-mum was generated due to secondary OPO.
  • Keywords
    lithium compounds; optical frequency conversion; optical materials; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; stoichiometry; LiTaO3; conversion efficiency; frequency conversion; midIR optical parametric oscillator; output power; power 0.2 W; power 1.0 W; power 10.2 W; pumping; vapor-transport equilibrated periodically poled stoichiometric crystals; wavelength 1.064 mum; wavelength 4.685 mum; Crystals; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Frequency conversion; Lithium compounds; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Photorefractive materials; Polarization; Power generation; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452813
  • Filename
    4452813