Title :
Mid-infrared cascaded parametric source in 6 μm region for medical applications
Author :
Stoeppler, Georg ; Thilmann, Nicky ; Eichhorn, Marc ; Pasiskevicius, Valdas ; Zukauskas, Andrius ; Canalias, Carlota
Author_Institution :
French-German Res. Inst. of St. Louis ISL, St. Louis, France
Abstract :
All-diode-pumped parametric source generating 5ns pulses tunable in 6.27μm-8.12μm with high-spatial-quality beam and the pulse energy of 0.9 mJ is demonstrated. The device exploits large-aperture PPRKTP MOPA for pumping ZGP OPO in a RISTRA cavity.
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; diodes; infrared sources; laser applications in medicine; oscillators; power amplifiers; Q-switched laser; RISTRA cavity; ZGP OPO; all-diode-pumped parametric source; energy 0.9 mJ; high-spatial-quality beam; large-aperture PPRKTP MOPA; master-oscillator power amplifier; medical application; mid-infrared cascaded parametric source; pulse energy; wavelength 6 mum; wavelength 6.27 mum to 8.12 mum; Cavity resonators; Free electron lasers; Frequency conversion; Laser ablation; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
