Title :
Broadly tunable noncritically phase-matched ZGP OPO with a 2-microjoule pump threshold
Author :
Vodopyanov, Konstantin L. ; Schunemann, Peter G.
Author_Institution :
Picarro Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Abstract :
We report a pulsed singly-resonant OPO based on noncritically phase-matched ZGP with the lowest ever reported threshold of 2 /spl mu/J. The pump source was a 1-/spl mu/m-pumped PPLN OPO. Tuning its output from 2.3 to 3.7 /spl mu/m resulted in ZGP OPO tuning from 3.7 to 10.2 /spl mu/m.
Keywords :
lithium compounds; optical materials; optical parametric oscillators; optical phase matching; optical pumping; optical tuning; photorefractive materials; zinc compounds; 2 muJ; 2-microjoule pump; 2.3 to 10.2 micron; LiNbO/sub 3/; PPLN; ZnGeP/sub 2/; broad tuning; optical parametric oscillator; periodically poled lithium niobate; phase-matched ZGP; singly-resonant OPO; Frequency conversion; Laser tuning; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical tuning; Optical variables control; Pump lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
