• DocumentCode
    689267
  • 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
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833650