Broadly tunable, mode-hop-tuned cw optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled lithium niobate

Authors
Bisson, SE Armstrong, KM Kulp, TJ Hartings, M
Citation
Se. Bisson et al., Broadly tunable, mode-hop-tuned cw optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled lithium niobate, APPL OPTICS, 40(33), 2001, pp. 6049-6055
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
APPLIED OPTICS
ISSN journal
00036935 → ACNP
Volume
40
Issue
33
Year of publication
2001
Pages
6049 - 6055
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(20011120)40:33<6049:BTMCOP>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
We describe a broadly tunable, ew optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on periodically poled lithium niobate. The OPO can be tuned over a broad r egion in the mid IR (2900-3100 cm(-1)) covering the important C-H stretch r egion while a high spectral resolution (<0.1 cm(-1)) is maintained. The OPO is the light source for a field-portable photoacoustic spectrometer for ga s-phase monitoring of volatile organic compounds. (C) 2001 Optical Society of America.