Open AccessDual-wavelength source from 5%MgO:PPLN cylinders for the characterization of nonlinear infrared crystals
Author(s) -
Vincent Kemlin,
David Jegouso,
Jérôme Debray,
Élodie Boursier,
Patricia Segonds,
Benoı̂t Boulanger,
Hideki Ishizuki,
Takunori Taira,
Gabriel Mennerat,
Jean-Michel Melkonian,
Antoine Godard
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.21.028886
Subject(s) - opos , optics , materials science , infrared , nonlinear optics , laser , wavelength , second harmonic generation , parametric statistics , characterization (materials science) , optoelectronics , nonlinear system , sum frequency generation , physics , statistics , mathematics , quantum mechanics
We conceived a unique fully parametric source based on two independent cylindrical OPOs simultaneously pumped by the same Nd:YAG laser. Each OPO delivers more than 2 mJ and is continuously tunable between 1.41 µm and 4.3 µm. This source is of particular interest for the study of the generation of infrared parametric light in nonlinear crystals. It was validated by performing difference frequency generation experiments in CdSe crystals with output in the range 8 - 10 µm.