Abstract
For what is believed to be the first time, a single-longitudinal-mode passively -switched Nd:YAG microlaser is used to pump a narrow-bandwidth periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) optical parametric generator–optical parametric amplifier (OPG–OPA). Before amplification in the OPA, the output of the OPG stage was spectrally filtered with an air-spaced etalon, resulting in spectroscopically useful radiation (bandwidth, FWHM) that was tunable in segments anywhere in the signal range and the idler range . The ability to pump an OPG–OPA with compact, high-repetition-rate, intrinsically narrow-bandwidth microlasers is made possible by the high gain of PPLN. The result is a tunable light source that is well suited for use in portable spectroscopic gas sensors.
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