• DocumentCode
    733943
  • Title

    High power and high energy infrared parametric sources

  • Author

    Lippert, Espen

  • Author_Institution
    Norwegian Defence Res. Establ. - FFI, Kjeller, Norway
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report on ZnGeP2-based parametric sources pumped by holmium lasers which are resonantly pumped by thulium fiber lasers. Using this scheme, we have built one source with up to 22 W average power and another with more than 0.2 J pulse energy in the mid-infrared region.
  • Keywords
    germanium compounds; infrared sources; optical parametric devices; optical pumping; zinc compounds; Ho; Th; ZnGeP2; holmium lasers; infrared parametric sources; optical pumping; thulium fiber lasers; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Optical pumping; Optical ring resonators; Oscillators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7184387
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=733943