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Far infrared sub-nanosecond pulse generation in GaP with a time-synchronized mode-locked double-frequency Nd: Glass laser system

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Light pulses of 149 μm wavelength and 700 ps duration are generated by non-collinear phase-matched difference frequency mixing of laser pulses at 1053.5 and 1061 nm in a (110) cut GaP crystal. The pump laser pulses are generated in a time-synchronized mode-locked double-frequency Nd:glass laser system consisting of a silicate glass branch and a phosphate glass branch. A photon conversion efficiency of 4 × 10−6 is achieved. The non-linear susceptibility constant of GaP is determined to be d 14 = (10 ± 1) pm V−1.

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  1. O. Steinkellner

    Present address: Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Max-Born-Straße 2A, D-12489, Berlin, Germany

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  1. Institut II – Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, P.O. Box D-93040, D-93053, Regensburg, Germany

    A. Penzkofer, M. Riediger & O. Steinkellner

  2. Institut für Kristallzüchtung im Forschungsverbund Berlin e. V., Max-Born-Strasse 2, D-12489, Berlin, Germany

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Penzkofer, A., Riediger, M., Steinkellner, O. et al. Far infrared sub-nanosecond pulse generation in GaP with a time-synchronized mode-locked double-frequency Nd: Glass laser system. Optical and Quantum Electronics 34, 343–357 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015090206168

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