Title :
Difference-frequency generation of intense femtosecond pulses in the mid-IR using HgGa/sub 2/S/sub 4/ and AgGaS/sub 2/
Author :
Rotermund, E. ; Petrov, V. ; Noack, F.
Author_Institution :
Born-Institute for Nonlinear Opt. & Ultrafast Spectrosc., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We study the potential of HgGa/sub 2/S/sub 4/ (HGS) for high-power difference-frequency generation (DFG) at 1 kHz and compare it to AgGaS/sub 2/ (AGS). We report 10-fold increase of the output energy and conversion efficiency.
Keywords :
infrared sources; mercury compounds; optical frequency conversion; optical materials; optical parametric devices; optical pulse generation; spectroscopic light sources; ternary semiconductors; AgGaS/sub 2/; HgGa/sub 2/S/sub 4/; conversion efficiency; difference-frequency generation; high-power; intense femtosecond pulses; mid-IR; output energy; Bandwidth; Crystalline materials; Frequency measurement; Mirrors; Optical materials; Power generation; Propagation losses; Pulse generation; Ring lasers; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-662-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2001.947660
