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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    Title :

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


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


    Publication date :

    2005-01-01


    Size :

    212528 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English