Title :
Mid-infrared femtosecond optical parametric oscillator synchronously-pumped directly by a Ti:Sapphire laser
Author :
Ramaiah-Badarla, V. ; Esteban-Martin, A. ; Chaitanya Kumar, S. ; Devi, K. ; Zawilski, K.T. ; Schunemann, P.G. ; Ebrahim-Zadeh, M.
Author_Institution :
ICFO-Inst. de Cienc. Fotoniques, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
We report a deep-mid-IR femtosecond OPO based on CdSiP2 using direct synchronous pumping by a Ti:sapphire laser, providing continuous wavelength coverage across 6-8 μm under rapid static cavity delay tuning with high output stability.
Keywords :
cadmium compounds; high-speed optical techniques; laser tuning; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; silicon compounds; solid lasers; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; CdSiP2; Ti:Sapphire laser; continuous wavelength coverage; deep-mid-IR femtosecond OPO; direct synchronous pumping; high output stability; mid-infrared femtosecond optical parametric oscillator; rapid static cavity delay tuning; wavelength 6 mum to 8 mum; Absorption; Cavity resonators; Delays; Laser excitation; Oscillators; Tuning; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA