Title :
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
fDate :
31 Oct-3 Nov 1994
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1994.586411
