Single longitudinal mode, 3 MHz frequency stable, 11mJ, type II doubly resonant OPO/OPA for CO2 DIAL

Author

Raybaut, M. ; Berrou, A. ; Godard, A. ; Mohamed, A.K. ; Lefebvre, M. ; Bohman, A. ; Geiser, P. ; Kaspersen, P.

Author_Institution

French Aerosp. Lab., ONERA, Palaiseau, France

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

For CO₂ differential-absorption LIDAR, the single-mode output of a type-II PPLN entangled-cavity nanosecond doubly-resonant OPO emitting at 2.05 mum is amplified to 11 mJ, with 3 MHz rms frequency stability and a M² < 1.9.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; lithium compounds; optical parametric amplifiers; optical parametric oscillators; optical radar; quantum entanglement; DIAL; LiNbO₃; differential-absorption LIDAR; energy 11 mJ; entangled-cavity nanosecond doubly-resonant OPO; frequency 3 MHz; frequency stability; longitudinal mode; single-mode output; type II doubly resonant OPO-OPA; wavelength 2.05 mum; Energy states; Frequency conversion; Laser excitation; Laser radar; Laser tuning; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Resonance; Stability; Stimulated emission; (190.1900) Diagnostic applications of nonlinear optics; (190.4970) Parametric oscillators and amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5224588