Intracavity Sum-Frequency Generation in Dual-Wavelength Semiconductor Disk Laser

Author

Härkönen, Antti ; Rautiainen, Jussi ; Leinonen, Tomi ; Morozov, Yuri A. ; Orsila, Lasse ; Guina, Mircea ; Pessa, Markus ; Okhotnikov, Oleg G.

Author_Institution

Tampere Univ. of Technol., Tampere

Volume

19

Issue

19

fYear

2007

Firstpage

1550

Lastpage

1552

Abstract

We report on intracavity sum-frequency generation in a semiconductor disk laser operating simultaneously at the wavelengths of 986 and 1043 nm. An LBO crystal was used for nonlinear frequency conversion of the infrared radiation into the aquamarine sum-wavelength of 507 nm. Total converted power of 130 mW was obtained. The results suggest that a similar concept could be applied for difference-frequency generation to create a compact mid- infrared emitter operating at room temperature.

Keywords

laser cavity resonators; lithium compounds; optical frequency conversion; optical materials; semiconductor lasers; LBO - System; LBO crystal; LiB₃O₅; LiB₃O₅ - System; difference-frequency generation; dual-wavelength semiconductor disk laser; intracavity sum-frequency generation; midinfrared emitter; nonlinear frequency conversion; power 130 mW; temperature 293 K to 298 K; wavelength 1043 nm; wavelength 507 nm; wavelength 986 nm; Frequency conversion; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical surface waves; Quantum cascade lasers; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Frequency conversion; lasers; nonlinear optics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2007.903890

Filename

4303163