Two-stage nanosecond OPO based on LiNbO/sub 3/ and AgGaSe/sub 2/ tunable from 3 /spl mu/m to 6 /spl mu/m

Author

Schroder, Tim

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Technische Phys., Stuttgart, Germany

fYear

2001

fDate

11-11 May 2001

Firstpage

450

Lastpage

451

Abstract

Summary form only given. The long-wavelength limit of high pulse energy optical parametric oscillators (OPOs) based on LiNbO/sub 3/ is limited by crystal transparency to approximately 4 /spl mu/m. For the OPO-operation in spectral ranges above 4 /spl mu/m only a few crystals such as AgGaSe/sub 2/ can be used as second-stage OPO material to extend the tuning further into the mid and far infrared until 14 /spl mu/m. In this paper the tandem OPO was pumped at comparatively high pulse energies (>200 mJ) and simultaneously at high repetition rates of 100 Hz.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; infrared sources; lithium compounds; optical materials; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; optical tuning; transparency; 14 micron; 200 mJ; 3 to 6 micron; AgGaSe/sub 2/; LiNbO/sub 3/; crystal transparency; high pulse energies; high pulse energy; high pulse energy optical parametric oscillators; high repetition rates; long-wavelength limit; second-stage OPO material; two-stage nanosecond OPO; Bandwidth; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical pumping; Optimized production technology; Pulse amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2001.948030

Filename

948030