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500 nm Continuous Wave Tunable SingleFrequency MidIR Light Source for C–H Spectroscopy

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    Abstract

    A computer controlled tunable mid-IR light source, based on single resonant difference frequency generation (DFG), is experimentally investigated. The DFG process is pumped by an external cavity tapered diode laser, tunable over a spectral range of 30 nm. Grating feedback to the single mode channel of the tapered diode narrows the spectrum and allows for tuning of the emitted spectrum in the range from 780 to 810 nm. The DFG process takes place intra-cavity in a high finesse diode pumped 1064 nm solid state Nd:YVO4 laser cavity, using periodically poled LiNbO3 as the nonlinear material. Based on this new approach, a tunable single-frequency output power exceeding 3 mW was obtained in the mid-IR tuning range from 2.9 to 3.4 μm.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalLaser Physics
    Volume22
    Issue number11
    Pages (from-to)1676–1681
    ISSN1054-660X
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012

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