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Influence of multi-line CO laser focusing on broadband sum-frequency generation in ZnGeP2

Optics 2017-04-28 v1

Abstract

An influence of multi-line CO laser focusing on spectral characteristics of broadband sum-frequency generation in ZnGeP2 nonlinear crystal was experimentally and numerically studied. Maximal frequency conversion was experimentally observed under tight focusing of the multi-line rather than single-line CO laser. The tight focusing resulted in broadening sum-frequency generation spectrum and increasing total, i.e. integrated over the spectrum, frequency conversion efficiency. These effects were due to increasing phase-matching bandwidth and angular dispersion. Maximal conversion efficiency of the multi-line CO laser was numerically demonstrated to take place at the focal length of 0.4 times that for the single-line one.

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@article{arxiv.1702.05348,
  title  = {Influence of multi-line CO laser focusing on broadband sum-frequency generation in ZnGeP2},
  author = {A. A. Ionin and I. O. Kinyaevskiy and Yu. M. Klimachev and A. A. Kotkov and L. V. Seleznev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.05348},
  year   = {2017}
}

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4 pages, 5 figures