Second-harmonic generation of TEA CO2 10. 6-micrometer laser light in AgGaS2 crystals

Technical Report · Fri May 03 00:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:5334595

Bangmin, Z; Dinghua, W

Characteristics of AgGaS2 crystal for frequency doubling of TEA CO2 10.6 micrometer laser light were investigated. When the crystal was 4.3mm long, the maximum conversion frequency was 0.122 percent. In recent years, much progress was made in expanding the range of laser wavebands by utilizing the nonlinear effects. In the medium-infrared waveband, the CO2 laser is a relatively ideal light source and can output tens of laser spectral lines within the range 8.7 to 11.8 micrometers. With double frequency, tunable output can be obtained within the range 4.3 to 5.9 micrometers. Since the advent of CO2 lasers, researchers have conducted numerous research tasks in this area. However, since it is relatively difficult to obtain high-quality and large infrared nonlinear optical crystals, such work still remains at the laboratory research stage without practical applications.

• Research Organization: Foreign Technology Div., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5334595
• Report Number(s): AD-A-237169/8/XAB; FTD-ID(RS)T-0742-90
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Human trans. of Zhongguo Jiguang (China), v10 n6 p339-342, 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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