Title :
PPSLT KHz OPO/OPA tunable in 3–3.5 μm pumped by 1ns 30mJ Nd-laser system
Author :
Chuchumishev, D. ; Gaydardzhiev, A. ; Shumov, D. ; Samuelson, S. ; Fiebig, Torsten ; Richter, C.P. ; Buchvarov, Ivan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Sofia Univ., Sofia, Bulgaria
Abstract :
We demonstrate 5.7-mJ mid-IR PPSLT based OPO/OPA pumped by 30-mJ 1.4 ns Nd-laser system operated at 0.5-kHz repetition rate. The output wavelength is temperature tuned within water absorption peak (3000-3500 nm).
Keywords :
laser beams; laser tuning; lithium compounds; neodymium; optical parametric amplifiers; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; solid lasers; LiTaO3; Nd-laser system; PPSLT KHz OPO/OPA; energy 30 mJ; energy 5.7 mJ; mid-IR PPSLT based OPO/OPA; output wavelength; time 1 ns; time 1.4 ns; water absorption peak; wavelength 3 mum to 3.5 mum; Crystals; Frequency conversion; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Solid lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
