• DocumentCode
    521228
  • Title

    Sub-nanosecond, 1-kHz, temperature-tuned, non-critical mid-IR OPO based on CdSiP2 crystal pumped at 1064 nm

  • Author

    Petrov, Valentin ; Marchev, Georgi ; Schunemann, Peter G. ; Tyazhev, Aleksey ; Zawilski, Kevin T. ; Pollak, Thomas M.

  • Author_Institution
    Max-Born-Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Ultrafast Spectrosc., Berlin, Germany
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Temperature tuning (6.117-6.554 μm for the idler) and sub-nanosecond durations are demonstrated with a non-critical, 1064-nm pumped CdSiP2-OPO. At 1 kHz, the output idler energy of 24 μJ corresponds to an average power of 24 mW.
  • Keywords
    cadmium compounds; nonlinear optics; optical parametric oscillators; CdSiP2; frequency 1 kHz; mid-IR OPO; sub-nanosecond durations; temperature tuning; wavelength 1064 nm; Absorption; Crystalline materials; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Polarization; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5500842