Title :
A high power mid-IR ZGP ring OPO
Author :
Hemming, Alexander ; Richards, Justin ; Davidson, A. ; Carmody, Neil ; Simakov, N. ; Hughes, Mike ; Davies, P. ; Bennetts, Shayne ; Haub, John
Author_Institution :
Electro-Opt. Technol. Group, Defence Sci. & Technol. Organ., Edinburgh, SA, Australia
Abstract :
We present results from a mid-IR ZGP ring OPO that demonstrates further power scaling of a cascaded mid-IR laser system. The system achieved 30.2 W of mid-IR output with excellent beam quality of M2 = 1.3.
Keywords :
germanium compounds; infrared spectra; laser beams; optical parametric oscillators; ring lasers; solid lasers; zinc compounds; ZnGeP2; cascaded midinfrared laser system; high power midinfrared ZGP ring OPO; laser beam quality; optical parametric oscillator; power 30.2 W; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Optical fibers; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
