Title :
Broadband intracavity molecular spectroscopy with a degenerate mid-IR OPO
Author :
Haakestad, Magnus W. ; Leindecker, Nick ; Marandi, Alireza ; Jiang, Jie ; Hartl, Ingmar ; Fermann, Martin ; Vodopyanov, Konstantin L.
Author_Institution :
E.L. Ginzton Lab., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
Abstract :
Spectroscopic detection of water, isotopic CO2, and methane is performed inside the cavity of a degenerate OPO pumped by an ultrafast Er- or Tm-fiber laser, in the corresponding spectral ranges of 2.7-3.7 and 3.1-5.8 μm.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; infrared spectroscopy; nonlinear optics; thulium; broadband intracavity molecular spectroscopy; degenerate mid-IR OPO; isotopic CO2; methane; spectroscopic detection; ultrafast Er-fiber laser; ultrafast Tm-fiber laser; water; wavelength 2.7 mum to 3.7 mum; Cavity resonators; Fiber lasers; Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Pump lasers; Spectroscopy; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
