Continuous-wave tunable 8.7-mu m spectroscopic source pumped by fiber-coupled communications lasers

被引:16
作者
Petrov, KP [1 ]
Curl, RF [1 ]
Tittel, FK [1 ]
Goldberg, L [1 ]
机构
[1] USN,RES LAB,DIV OPT SCI,WASHINGTON,DC 20375
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10.1364/OL.21.001451
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Tunable narrow-band cw difference-frequency generation at 8.7 mu m was demonstrated in silver gallium selenide (AgGaSe2) at room temperature. The crystal was pumped by an injection-seeded Er/Yb-codoped fiber amplifier at 1.554 mu m and a fiber-coupled diode-pumped monolithic ring Nd:YAG laser at 1.319 mu m. The difference-frequency output was used for high-resolution spectroscopy of sulfur dioxide (SO2). (C) 1996 Optical Society of America
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