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Twin HgGa2S4 optical parametric oscillator at 4.3-10.78 µm for biomedical applications
Author(s): N. Yu. Kostyukova; A. A. Boyko; K. G. Zenov; M. K. Starikova; D. B. Kolker; А. А. Karapuzikov; Yu. V. Kistenev; D. A. Kuzmin
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Paper Abstract

We demonstrate an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on two HgGa2S4 (HGS) crystals with exceedingly wide tuning range from 4.2 μm to 10.73 μm. The HGS OPO was pumped by Q-switched Nd:YLF laser at 1.053 μm with a 5-7 ns pulse duration. Absorption spectrum of ammonia was presented to demonstrate the feasibility of the OPO system for spectroscopic measurements and gas detection.

Paper Details

Date Published: 19 March 2015
PDF: 6 pages
Proc. SPIE 9448, Saratov Fall Meeting 2014: Optical Technologies in Biophysics and Medicine XVI; Laser Physics and Photonics XVI; and Computational Biophysics, 944806 (19 March 2015); doi: 10.1117/12.2181802
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N. Yu. Kostyukova, Special Technology Ltd. (Russian Federation)
Institute of Laser Physics (Russian Federation)
A. A. Boyko, Special Technology Ltd. (Russian Federation)
Institute of Laser Physics (Russian Federation)
K. G. Zenov, Special Technology Ltd. (Russian Federation)
M. K. Starikova, Special Technology Ltd. (Russian Federation)
D. B. Kolker, Special Technology Ltd. (Russian Federation)
Novosibirsk State Technical Univ. (Russian Federation)
Institute of Laser Physics (Russian Federation)
А. А. Karapuzikov, Special Technology Ltd. (Russian Federation)
Yu. V. Kistenev, National Research Tomsk State Univ. (Russian Federation)
Siberian State Medical Univ. (Russian Federation)
D. A. Kuzmin, Siberian State Medical Univ. (Russian Federation)


Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9448:
Saratov Fall Meeting 2014: Optical Technologies in Biophysics and Medicine XVI; Laser Physics and Photonics XVI; and Computational Biophysics
Elina A. Genina; Vladimir L. Derbov; Kirill V. Larin; Dmitry E. Postnov; Valery V. Tuchin, Editor(s)

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