Tunable mid-infrared wavelength converters for neodymium-doped lasers

Author

Komine, Hiroshi ; Fukumoto, Joseph M. ; Long, William H., Jr. ; Stappaerts, Eddy A.

Author_Institution

Div. of Electron. Syst., Northrop Corp., Hawthorne, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

31 Oct-3 Nov 1994

Firstpage

177

Abstract

In conclusion, optical parametric oscillators (OPO)s constructed with KTiOPO₄, undoped KTiOAsO₄ (KTA), and AgGaSe ₂ crystals were investigated for their use as mid-IR wavelength converters for a 1.047 pm Nd:YLF master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA). The two stage OPO conversion produced excellent beam quality and moderate average powers due to only minor crystal absorptions at the pump, signal, and idler wavelengths in AgGaSe₂

Keywords

silver compounds; 1.047 mum; AgGaSe₂; AgGaSe₂ crystals; KTiOAsO₄; KTiOPO₄; LiYF4:Nd; Nd:YLF master oscillator power amplifier; YLF:Nd; beam quality; idler wavelengths; mid-IR wavelength converters; minor crystal absorptions; moderate average powers; neodymium-doped lasers; optical parametric oscillators; signal wavelength; tunable mid-infrared wavelength converters; two stage OPO conversion; Crystals; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion; Oscillators; Power amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength conversion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1994. LEOS '94 Conference Proceedings. IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1470-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1994.586411

Filename

586411