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The Longest Wavelength OPO Pumped by a 1µm Laser

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

K.L. Vodopyanov ,
J. Maffetone ,
I. Zwieback  and
W. Ruderman
K.L. Vodopyanov
Affiliation:
INRAD, Inc. 181 Legrand Ave, Northvale NJ 07647 [email protected]
J. Maffetone
Affiliation:
INRAD, Inc. 181 Legrand Ave, Northvale NJ 07647
I. Zwieback
Affiliation:
INRAD, Inc. 181 Legrand Ave, Northvale NJ 07647
W. Ruderman
Affiliation:
INRAD, Inc. 181 Legrand Ave, Northvale NJ 07647
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Abstract

Singly resonant type-il AgGaS2OPO yielded continuously tunable 3.9–11.3 µm idler output with slope quantum efficiency up to 41 % (absolute photon efficiency 22%). The OPO has sub-100 µJ threshold pump energies for nanosecond 1.06µm Nd:YAG laser pulses.

Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 607: Symposium OO – Infrared Applications of Semiconductors III , 1999 , 165
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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