Infrared pulses of 1 picosecond duration tunable between 4 [mu]m and 18 [mu]m

Journal Article · Thu Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1993 · IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/3.237500· OSTI ID:5614747

Dahinten, T; Ploedereder, U; Seilmeier, A; Vodopyanov, K L ^[1]; Allakhverdiev, K R; Ibragimov, Z A ^[2]

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1. Univ. Bayreuth, Bayreuth (Germany)
2. Physics Institute, Baku (Azerbaijan)

Infrared pulses are generated via difference frequency mixing of Nd:glass laser pulses and infrared dye laser pulses. Tuning between 4 and 18 [mu]m is achieved by various combinations of laser dyes (dye No. 5 and A 9860) and nonlinear crystals (AgGaS[sub 2] and GaSe). The energy of the mid-infrared pulses is in the order of a [mu]J; the photon conversion efficiency is [approx lt]2%. The duration of the nearly bandwidth limited pulses is measured to be 1 ps. The system operates with a repetition rate of 1 Hz.

• OSTI ID: 5614747
• Journal Information: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States) Vol. 29:7; ISSN 0018-9197; ISSN IEJQA7
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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EXPERIMENTAL DATA
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LIQUID LASERS
NUMERICAL DATA
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