We report on the first demonstration, to the best of our knowledge, of continuous-wave (cw) mid-infrared generation from laser difference-frequency mixing in a LiInSe/sub 2/ crystal (lithium indium selenide, or LiSe) in the X-Y plane. Two Ar/sup +/ laser-pumped Ti:sapphire lasers were employed as widely tunable pump sources. The phase-matching (PM) conditions in the cw difference-frequency generation (DFG) process have been investigated. Based on the measurements of relative values of the power conversion efficiencies for LiSe-and AgGaS/sub 2/-based DFG, the effective nonlinear coefficient d/sub eff/ of 12.1 pm/V for LilnSe/sub 2/ at /spl sim/7 /spl mu/m has been determined relative to the well known nonlinearity coefficient d/sub 36/ of AgGaS/sub 2/, which yields a power conversion efficiency of about 29.8 /spl mu/W/(W/sup 2/.cm). The accessible infrared wavelength range is important for molecular spectroscopic studies and we will discuss the performance of this new laser source for trace gas sensing applications.


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    Titel :

    Tunable continuous-wave mid-infrared radiation by laser difference-frequency generation in LiInSe/sub 2/


    Beteiligte:
    Chen, W. (Autor:in) / Poullet, E. (Autor:in) / Bocquet, R. (Autor:in) / Boucher, D. (Autor:in) / Sigrist, M.W. (Autor:in) / Zondy, J.-J. (Autor:in) / Isaenko, L. (Autor:in) / Yelisseyev, A. (Autor:in) / Lobanov, S. (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2005-01-01


    Format / Umfang :

    212528 byte




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch