DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS OF AN INFRARED SPECTROMETER BASED ON DIFFERENCE-FREQUENCY-GENERATION IN AGGASE2

被引:47
作者
SIMON, U [1 ]
BENKO, Z [1 ]
SIGRIST, MW [1 ]
CURL, RF [1 ]
TITTEL, FK [1 ]
机构
[1] ETH HOENGGERBERG, HPF, INST QUANTUM ELECTR, DEPT PHYS, CH-8093 ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
来源
APPLIED OPTICS | 1993年 / 32卷 / 33期
关键词
NONLINEAR OPTICS; DESIGN OF SPECIFIC LASER SYSTEMS; INFRARED SPECTRA;
D O I
10.1364/AO.32.006650
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The availability of new nonlinear optical materials such as AgGaS2 and AgGaSe2 and improvements in compact, tunable, pulsed and continuous-wave (cw) solid-state pump lasers now make it possible to generate tunable, infrared narrow-band coherent radiation over a wide wavelength range (4-18 mu m) by means of difference-frequency generation (DFG). This article describes the wavelength and output-power characteristics of a tunable infrared source based on AgGaSe2 and certain proven cw near-infrared pump sources for application to high-resolution spectroscopy.
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页码:6650 / 6655
页数:6
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