INTENSE SUBPICOSECOND PULSES TUNABLE BETWEEN 4-MU-M AND 20-MU-M GENERATED BY AN ALL-SOLID-STATE LASER SYSTEM

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作者
BAYANOV, IM
DANIELIUS, R
HEINZ, P
SEILMEIER, A
机构
[1] MOSCOW MV LOMONOSOV STATE UNIV,CTR INT LASER,MOSCOW 119899,RUSSIA
[2] VILNIUS STATE UNIV,LASER RES CTR,VILNIUS 2054,LITHUANIA
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10.1016/0030-4018(94)90598-3
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The generation of widely tunable ultrashort mid-infrared pulses with intensities sufficient for a substantial excitation of infrared states is discussed Single pulses of 1 ps duration and an energy of 7 mJ from an APM mode-locked Nd:glass laser with regenerative amplifier (repetition rate 4 Hz) serve as pump pulses. A three-path optical parametric generator pumped by the second harmonic of the Nd-laser produces tunable near infrared pulses. Subsequent down conversion in GaSe provides pulses of 0.7 ps duration tunable between 4 mu m and 20 mu m. Energies up to 25 mu J are measured.
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