All-solid-state, continuous-wave, single-frequency source with ultra-wide tuning range from 550 to 2830 nm

Author

Strossner, U. ; Meyn, J.P. ; Wallenstein, R. ; Arie, A. ; Urenski, P. ; Rosenmann, G. ; Mlynek, J. ; Peters, A. ; Schiller, S.

Author_Institution

Fak. fur Phys. & Optik-Zentrum, Konstanz Univ., Germany

fYear

2001

fDate

11-11 May 2001

Abstract

Summary form only given. Long-term stable single-frequency emission from the green to the mid-IR is achieved with a singly-resonant OPO with external resonant idler SHG. It exhibits up to 500 mW output, up to 38 GHz continuous frequency tuning, and < 50 kHz signal linewidth.

Keywords

infrared sources; optical harmonic generation; optical parametric oscillators; optical tuning; spectroscopic light sources; 500 mW; 550 to 2830 nm; all-solid-state single-frequency source; bow-tie shaped ring cavity; continuous frequency tuning; continuous-wave single-frequency emission; external resonant idler SHG; green to mid-IR range; high absolute frequency stability; long-term stable single-frequency emission; precision spectroscopy; singly-resonant OPO; ultrawide tuning range; versatile light source; Crystalline materials; Crystals; Frequency; Laser tuning; Power generation; Pump lasers; Resonance; Solid state circuits; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2001.948223

Filename

948223