Continuously tunable, 6{endash}14 {mu}m silver-gallium selenide optical parametric oscillator pumped at 1.57 {mu}m

Journal Article · Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.119920· OSTI ID:527948

Chandra, S; Allik, T H ^[1]; Catella, G ^[2]; Utano, R; Hutchinson, J A ^[3]

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1. Science Applications International Corporation, McLean, Virginia 22102 (United States)
2. Cleveland Crystals, Cleveland, Ohio 44110 (United States)
3. U.S. Army Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 22060 (United States)

An angle tuned silver gallium selenide (AgGaSe{sub 2}) optical parametric oscillator (OPO), pumped by the fixed wavelength 1.57 {mu}m output of a noncritically phase-matched KTiOPO{sub 4} OPO, yielded radiation continuously tunable from 6 to 14 {mu}m. Energies of up to 1.2 mJ/pulse with bandwidths of {approximately}5cm{sup {minus}1} (full width at half-maximum) were obtained using a 6.5{times}6.5{times}35.3mm long, type I AgGaSe{sub 2} crystal. {copyright} {ital 1997 American Institute of Physics.}

• OSTI ID: 527948
• Journal Information: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 71, Issue 5; Other Information: PBD: Aug 1997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES
OPTICAL RADAR
PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS
SILVER COMPOUNDS
GALLIUM COMPOUNDS
TUNING
GALLIUM SELENIDES
SILVER SELENIDES
OPTICAL PUMPING
POTASSIUM PHOSPHATES
TITANIUM OXIDES