INFRARED PULSES OF 1-PICOSECOND DURATION TUNABLE BETWEEN 4-MU-M AND 18-MU-M

Authors
DAHINTEN T PLODEREDER U SEILMEIER A VODOPYANOV KL ALLAKHVERDIEV KR IBRAGIMOV ZA
Citation
T. Dahinten et al., INFRARED PULSES OF 1-PICOSECOND DURATION TUNABLE BETWEEN 4-MU-M AND 18-MU-M, IEEE journal of quantum electronics, 29(7), 1993, pp. 2245-2250
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic","Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE journal of quantum electronics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00189197
Volume
29
Issue
7
Year of publication
1993
Pages
2245 - 2250
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9197(1993)29:7<2245:IPO1DT>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Infrared pulses are generated via difference frequency mixing of Nd: g lass laser pulses and infrared dye laser pulses. Tuning between 4 and 18 mum is achieved by various combinations of laser dyes (dye No. 5 an d A 9860) and nonlinear crystals (AgGaS2 and GaSe). The energy of the mid-infrared pulses is in the order of a muJ; the photon conversion ef ficiency is less then or similar to 2%. The duration of the nearly ban dwidth limited pulses is measured to be 1 ps. The system operates with a repetition rate of 1 Hz.