• DocumentCode
    2681024
  • Title

    Temperature tuning from 5-12 μm by difference frequency mixing of OPO outputs in a AgGaS2 crystal

  • Author

    Haidar, S. ; Niwa, E. ; Masumoto, K. ; Ito, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Inst. of Electr. Commun., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    15-19 Dec. 2003
  • Abstract
    We report a temperature tuned mid-IR generating system ranging from 5-12 μm by difference frequency mixing of output waves from two OPO´s in a AgGaS2 crystal. The AgGaS2 crystal is temperature tuned to allow phase-matching.
  • Keywords
    infrared spectra; optical materials; optical parametric oscillators; optical phase matching; optical tuning; silver compounds; 5 to 12 mum; AgGaS2; AgGaS2 crystal; OPO outputs; difference frequency mixing; mid-IR generating system; phase-matching; temperature tuning; Electrons; Filters; Frequency; Germanium; Indium tin oxide; Mirrors; Optimized production technology; Temperature; Tuning;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7766-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1277021
  • Filename
    1277021