Pump-tunable continuous-wave singly resonant optical parametric oscillator from 2.5 to 4.4 microm

Opt Express. 2010 Jun 21;18(13):14087-92. doi: 10.1364/OE.18.014087.

Abstract

We report a continuous-wave singly resonant optical parametric oscillator pumped by a widely tunable titanium-doped sapphire ring laser. It produces up to 0.8 W of mid-infrared power. The wavelength can be tuned in a few seconds from 2.5 to 3.5 microm or from 3.4 to 4.4 microm and scanned up to 40 GHz without mode-hops by only changing the pump beam wavelength. Spectroscopic capability is demonstrated by measuring parts of the photoacoustic absorption spectrum of NH(3) near 3196 cm(-1).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aluminum Oxide
  • Equipment Design
  • Lasers*
  • Magnesium Oxide
  • Neodymium
  • Niobium
  • Optics and Photonics / instrumentation*
  • Optics and Photonics / methods*
  • Oxides
  • Spectrum Analysis / instrumentation*
  • Spectrum Analysis / methods*
  • Titanium

Substances

  • Oxides
  • Niobium
  • lithium niobate
  • Neodymium
  • Magnesium Oxide
  • Titanium
  • Aluminum Oxide