Title :
A cw optical parametric oscillator for sub-ppb trace gas detection in the 3 μm region
Author :
Muller, Frank ; Popp, A. ; Kuhnemann, F.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Appl. Phys., Bonn Univ., Germany
Abstract :
The optical parametric oscillator (OPO) is an all-solid-state laser system able to combine high output power, small linewidth and spectral coverage with very good frequency tuning potential. The continuous-wave, pump-resonant, singly-resonant optical parametric oscillator (cw-PR-SRO) uses periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) as nonlinear medium.
Keywords :
gas sensors; lithium compounds; niobium compounds; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; optical resonators; optical tuning; photoacoustic spectra; photoacoustic spectroscopy; solid lasers; spectral line breadth; 3 micron; LiNbO3; all-solid-state laser system; continuous-wave; cw optical parametric oscillator; good frequency tuning potential; high output power; linewidth coverage; nonlinear medium; periodically poled lithium niobate; pump-resonant; singly-resonant optical parametric oscillator; spectral coverage; sub-ppb trace gas detection; Frequency; Gas lasers; Laser tuning; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical tuning; Oscillators; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7734-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1312305
