High-energy, broadly tunable, narrow-bandwidth mid-infrared optical parametric system pumped by quasi-phase-matched devices

We have developed a tunable, narrow-bandwidth (<2 cm(-1)) mid-infrared (MIR) optical parametric system with a large-aperture periodically poled Mg-doped LiNbO(3) (LA-PPMgLN)-based high-energy pump source. The system has a continuously tunable tuning range from 4.6 to 11.2 mum and produces a maxim...

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Published inOptics letters Vol. 33; no. 15; p. 1699
Main Authors Saikawa, Jiro, Miyazaki, Mitsuhiko, Fujii, Masaaki, Ishizuki, Hideki, Taira, Takunori
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.08.2008
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Summary:We have developed a tunable, narrow-bandwidth (<2 cm(-1)) mid-infrared (MIR) optical parametric system with a large-aperture periodically poled Mg-doped LiNbO(3) (LA-PPMgLN)-based high-energy pump source. The system has a continuously tunable tuning range from 4.6 to 11.2 mum and produces a maximum output energy of 2.0 mJ at 5.1 mum. Practical use of the MIR source is demonstrated by MIR-UV double-resonance spectroscopy of jet-cooled acetanilide.
ISSN:0146-9592
DOI:10.1364/ol.33.001699