EFFICIENT GENERATION OF INFRARED PICOSECOND PULSES FROM 10 TO 20 MU-M

Authors
DHIRANI A GUYOTSIONNEST P
Citation
A. Dhirani et P. Guyotsionnest, EFFICIENT GENERATION OF INFRARED PICOSECOND PULSES FROM 10 TO 20 MU-M, Optics letters, 20(10), 1995, pp. 1104-1106
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
20
Issue
10
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1104 - 1106
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1995)20:10<1104:EGOIPP>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Starting with 11-ps pulses of 8-mJ energy at 1.064 mu m and using a se quenced of a KTP crystal and a CdSe crystal, we generate infrared puls es from 10 to 20 mu m with energies ranging from 40 to 5 mu J. The qua ntum efficiency of the last stage is higher than 50% from 10 to 18 mu m.