• DocumentCode
    733655
  • Title

    Handedness control of mid-infrared (9–12μm) vortex laser

  • Author

    Horikawa, Michael-Tomoki ; Ogawa, Azusa ; Furuki, Kenji ; Miyamoto, Katsuhiko ; Omatsu, Takashige

  • Author_Institution
    Grad. Sch. of Adv. Integration Sci., Chiba Univ., Chiba, Japan
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Handedness control of the mid-infrared vortex output from a ZnGeP2 difference frequency generator pumped by a 1-μm vortex pumped KTiOPO4 optical parametric oscillator was demonstrated over a frequency range of 9-12 μm.
  • Keywords
    germanium compounds; infrared sources; laser beams; optical control; optical frequency conversion; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; optical vortices; potassium compounds; zinc compounds; KTiOPO4; ZnGeP2; difference frequency generator; handedness control; midinfrared vortex laser; optical parametric oscillator; wavelength 9 mum to 12 mum; Crystals; Frequency control; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical vortices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7184096