Periodically-Poled Lithium Niobate for Spectroscopic Applications

Abstract

The Coherent Infinity laser was utilized in two different experimental investigations. One investigation was led by Andy Zakel and investigated pumping periodically-poled lithium niobate (PPLN) optical parametric oscillators (OPO's) and amplifiers (OPA's) with the Infinity laser while simultaneously seeding the OPO with the narrowband output of a tunable laser diode. The second investigation was led by Prof Peter Powers and investigated a widely tunable, narrow band spectroscopic source based on optical parametric generation (OPG) followed by optical parametric amplification. The details of the two separated investigations are given below.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 21, 1998
Accession Number
ADA358807

Entities

People

  • Vince Dominic

Organizations

  • University of Dayton

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Amplifiers
  • Bandwidth
  • Conversion
  • Crystals
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • High Energy
  • Laser Diodes
  • Lasers
  • Lithium Niobates
  • Measurement
  • Piezoceramics
  • Repetition Rate
  • Tunable Lasers
  • Universities
  • Waveplates
  • Yag Lasers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy