Tunable infrared radiation for atmospheric profiling

John Burris; Dale Richter

doi:10.1117/12.738111

3 October 2007 Tunable infrared radiation for atmospheric profiling

John Burris, Dale Richter

Proceedings Volume 6750, Lidar Technologies, Techniques, and Measurements for Atmospheric Remote Sensing III; 67500E (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.738111
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2007, Florence, Italy

Abstract

An optical parametric amplifier has been developed to generate tunable 1570 nm radiation from a 1064 nm pump at high efficiency. A micropulse Nd:YAG operating with an average power of 2 watts (10 kHz) is used to pump a PPLN crystal injection seeded by two CW distributed feedback lasers: one at 1570.824 nm and the second at 1570.973 nm. A two stage amplification process has demonstrated a conversion efficiency of ~28% from the pump into the signal wavelength. The 1-nanosecond signal has a measured time-averaged jitter of <40 MHz.

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John Burris and Dale Richter "Tunable infrared radiation for atmospheric profiling", Proc. SPIE 6750, Lidar Technologies, Techniques, and Measurements for Atmospheric Remote Sensing III, 67500E (3 October 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.738111

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