Title :
Tunable femtosecond high power mid-infrared laser pulses
Author :
Imahoko, Tomohiro ; Zhang, Zhigang ; Takada, Yasutoshi ; Takasago, Kazuya ; Sumiyoshi, Tetsumi ; Obara, Minoru ; Takahashi, Katsutoshi
Author_Institution :
Cyber-Laser Inc., Tokyo
Abstract :
We report a mid-infrared (MIR) optical pulse source (6-12 mum), which is constructed by a regenerative amplifier and an OPA followed by a DFG unit. The maximum pulse energy at 6.8 mum is near 4 muJ
Keywords :
infrared sources; laser tuning; optical frequency conversion; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse generation; 6 to 12 mum; DFG; OPA; difference frequency conversion; laser tuning; midinfrared laser pulse; optical parametric amplifier; regenerative amplifier; Free electron lasers; Laser theory; Mass spectroscopy; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9217-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548165
