Title :
Development of a broadly-tunable continuous-wave, mode-hop-tuned, PPLN OPO for chemical sensing application
Author :
Bisson, S.E. ; Richman, B. ; Kulp, T.J. ; Hartings, R.
Author_Institution :
Sandia Nat. Labs., Livermore, CA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. The use of periodically-poled lithium niobate (PPLN) in spectroscopy and chemical sensing offers many potential advantages over traditional laser based systems. Many chemical sensing applications require broad tunability, high power and single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) operation. While PPLN based sources offer many of these attributes there are currently few in use. We have developed a broadly tunable, SLM optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on PPLN for use in a photoacoustic spectrometer. The development of a broadly tunable cw OPO is a difficult task and there are many subtleties and differences from more traditional tunable laser sources.
Keywords :
chemical sensors; dielectric polarisation; light sources; lithium compounds; optical materials; optical parametric oscillators; optical sensors; optical tuning; LiNbO/sub 3/; broad tunability; broadly tunable cw OPO; broadly-tunable continuous-wave mode-hop-tuned optical parametric oscillator; chemical sensing application; high power; lithium niobate; optical parametric oscillator; periodically-poled; photoacoustic spectrometer; single-longitudinal-mode operation; Chemical lasers; Frequency; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Optical pumping; Ring lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-595-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.1999.833803
