Design considerations of an infrared spectrometer based on difference-frequency generation in AgGaSe2

Applied Optics

Volumn 32, Issue 33, 1993, Pages 6650-6655

  Simon, Ulrich ^a   Benko, Zsolt ^a   Sigrist, Markus W ^b   Curl, Robert F ^a   Tittel, Frank K ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Design of specific laser systems; Infrared spectra; Nonlinear optics

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT SOURCES; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PULSED LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); SOLID STATE LASERS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY;

COHERENT RADIATION; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; DESIGN OF SPECIFIC LASER SYSTEMS; DIFFERENCE-FREQUENCY GENERATION; HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTRUM; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL MATERIAL; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0037842244     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.32.006650     Document Type: Article

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