DocumentCode
355030
Title
Extrawide tuning range IR optical parametric generators
Author
Vodopyanov, K.L. ; Chazapis, V.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
fYear
1996
fDate
2-7 June 1996
Firstpage
343
Lastpage
344
Abstract
Summary form only given. GaSe and ZnGeP/sub 2/ crystals, having at the moment the largest bulk second-order nonlinearities of all nonorganic crystals in practical use, were originally proposed for nonlinear optics applications more than 20 years ago. However, the optical parametric generation (OPG) with these crystals has not been achieved until recently, due to the lack of an appropriate laser pump source. In this paper we use a Er-doped YSGG laser as a pump source to produce OPGs with broad IR tunability.
Keywords
III-VI semiconductors; gallium compounds; germanium compounds; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; ternary semiconductors; tuning; zinc compounds; Er-doped YSGG laser pump source; GaSe; IR tuning range; ZnGeP/sub 2/; nonlinear optics; nonorganic crystal; optical parametric generator; Crystals; Frequency; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical tuning; Optimized production technology; Power generation; Signal generators; Temperature;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-443-2
Type
conf
Filename
864766
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