Fine frequency tuning and micro-laser pumping

Author

Berrou, A. ; Godard, A. ; Rosencher, E. ; Lefebvre, M.

Author_Institution

Office Nat. d´´Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales (ONERA), Palaiseau

fYear

2007

fDate

17-22 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

This paper reports recent development on a semi-monolithic entangle cavity doubly resonant (ECOPO) pumped by a nanosecond passively Q-switched Nd:YAG laser. The ECOPO consists of a periodically poled lithium niobate crystal and four mirrors. A stable single longitudinal mode output, a fine continuous tuning and a low threshold of oscillation is obtained which is well suited for gas sensing applications.

Keywords

Q-switching; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser modes; laser tuning; lithium compounds; micro-optics; optical pumping; solid lasers; LiNbO₃; fine frequency tuning; gas sensing applications; laser mirrors; microlaser pumping; nanosecond passively Q-switched Nd:YAG laser; oscillation threshold; periodically poled lithium niobate crystal; semimonolithic entangle cavity doubly resonant laser; single longitudinal mode output; Frequency; Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical tuning; Piezoelectric transducers; Pump lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386162

Filename

4386162