Wide single-mode tuning of a 3.0-3.8-μm, 700-mW, continuous-wave Nd:YAG-pumped optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled lithium niobate

被引：42

作者：

van Herpen, M ^{[1
]}

Hekkert, ST

Bisson, SE

Harren, FJM

机构：

[1] Univ Nijmegen, NL-6525 ED Nijmegen, Netherlands

[2] Sandia Natl Labs, Combust Res Facil, Livermore, CA 94550 USA

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 2002年 / 27卷 / 08期

关键词：

Cavity resonators - Continuous wave lasers - Crystals - Etalons - Ethane - Laser tuning - Light absorption - Lithium niobate - Natural frequencies - Neodymium lasers - Optical pumping - Photoacoustic spectroscopy;

D O I：

10.1364/OL.27.000640

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

A new optical parametric oscillator (OPO) for the mid-infrared wavelength region of 3-3.8 mum with an idler output power of up to 1.5 W has been developed. The singly resonant OPO is pumped by a single-mode, 10-W, continuous-wave Nd:YAG laser and consists of a bow-tie ring cavity with a fan-out periodically poled lithium niobate crystal and a low-finesse intracavity air-spaced etalon. The single-frequency idler output can be continuously tuned over 24 GHz with 700-mW power by tuning of the pump laser. The tuning was demonstrated by recording of an absorption line of ethane with photoacoustic spectroscopy. (C) 2002 Optical Society of America.

引用

页码：640 / 642

页数：3

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