• DocumentCode
    733592
  • Title

    Tunable second harmonic generation of a continuous-wave CO2 laser using 3 mm thick orientation patterned GaAs crystals in fan-out and single-grating-period configurations

  • Author

    Guha, Shekhar ; Barnes, Jacob O. ; Gonzalez, Leonel P. ; Schunemann, Peter G.

  • Author_Institution
    Air Force Res. Lab., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report room temperature frequency doubling of a continuous-wave carbon dioxide laser tuned from 9.26 to 10.65 micrometers using large-aperture OPGaAs crystals (>3 mm thick by >7.5 mm wide) in fan-out and single grating configurations.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; carbon compounds; diffraction gratings; gallium arsenide; gas lasers; laser tuning; optical harmonic generation; CO2; GaAs; continuous-wave carbon dioxide laser; fan-out configurations; orientation patterned GaAs crystals; room temperature frequency doubling; single-grating-period configurations; size 3 mm; temperature 293 K to 298 K; tunable second harmonic generation; Crystals; Gallium arsenide; Gratings; Laser excitation; Lenses; Optical frequency conversion;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7184033