Title :
Powerful RGB laser source for projection displays based on a passively mode-locked thin disk laser
Author :
Innerhofer, E. ; Brunner, F. ; Südmeyer, T. ; Marchese, S.V. ; Paschotta, R. ; Keller, U. ; Usami, T. ; Ito, H. ; Kurimura, S. ; Kitamura, K.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Quantum Electron., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
We demonstrate a multi-watt RGB laser source, using a frequency doublet, a two-stage parametric generator, and two sum frequency mixers. We do not require any synchronously pumped parametric oscillator or a laser amplifier.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical harmonic generation; optical parametric devices; optical projectors; RGB laser source; frequency doublet; multiwatt laser source; passively mode-locked laser; powerful laser source; projection displays; subpicosecond pulse duration; sum frequency mixers; thin disk laser; two-stage parametric generator;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
