Efficient frequency conversion of tunable cw mode locked ps pulses in the visible and near infrared spectral region

Author

Socha, U. ; Hussong, J. ; Beigang, R.

Author_Institution

Fachbereich Phys., Kaiserslautern Univ., Germany

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

31 Oct-3 Nov 1994

Firstpage

441

Abstract

In this contribution we report on the generation of tunable picosecond pulses in the wavelength range from 620 nm to 668 nm, 725 nm to 900 nm, and 2.6 μm to 4 μm by KNbO₃ crystal frequency conversion processes between the cw mode locked radiation of a NaCl:OH color center laser and a Nd:YAG laser which is also used as the pump source for the color center laser. As a consequence, there are no synchronization problems between the two mixing sources and the total system is reliable very easy to operate

Keywords

potassium compounds; 2.6 to 4 mum; 620 to 668 nm; 725 to 900 nm; KNbO₃; KNbO₃ crystal frequency conversion processes; NaCl:OH; NaCl:OH color center laser; Nd:YAG laser; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; color center laser; cw mode locked radiation; frequency conversion; mixing sources; near infrared spectral region; pump source; synchronization problems; tunable cw mode locked ps pulses; tunable picosecond pulse generation; visible spectral region; Color; Frequency conversion; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;

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.1994.586658

Filename

586658