DEMONSTRATION OF BROAD-BAND INTRACAVITY SPECTROSCOPY IN A PULSED OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR MADE OF BETA-BARIUM BORATE

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BOLLER, KJ
SCHRODER, T
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[1] Universiät Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, 6750, Erwin-Schrödinger-Str. 46, Fachbereich Physik
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10.1364/JOSAB.10.001778
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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Broadband intracavity-absorption spectroscopy is demonstrated in a singly idler-resonant optical parametric oscillator made of beta-barium borate, pumped by the third harmonic of an injection-seeded Q-switched Nd:YAG laser. IR 1.53-mum absorption of idler radiation by transitions of acetylene is detected with enhanced sensitivity in the upconverted spectrum of the signal radiation at 461 nm. Quantitative comparison of computer-simulated pulse-energy spectra with experimental absorption spectra indicates that the experimental detection sensitivity is close to the theoretical limit.
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