DIFFERENCE-FREQUENCY MIXING IN AGGAS2 BY USE OF A HIGH-POWER GAALAS TAPERED SEMICONDUCTOR AMPLIFIER AT 860 NM

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作者
SIMON, U [1 ]
TITTEL, FK [1 ]
GOLDBERG, L [1 ]
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[1] USN,RES LAB,WASHINGTON,DC 20375
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10.1364/OL.18.001931
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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As much as 47 muW of cw infrared radiation and 89 muW of pulsed infrared radiation, tunable near 4.3 mum, have been generated by mixing the outputs of a high-power tapered semiconductor amplifier at 858 nm (signal wave) and a Ti:Al2O3 laser at 715 nm (pump wave) in AgGaS2. The GaAlAs tapered traveling-wave amplifier delivered as much as 1.5 W of diffraction-limited cw power into the nonlinear crystal. Output powers, conversion efficiencies, and spectral characteristics of this novel midinfrared source are discussed.
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