Long-wave IR chemical sensing based on difference frequency generation in orientation patterned GaAs

Scott E. Bisson; Thomas J. Kulp; R. Bambha; Karla Armstrong; Ofer Levi; Thierry Pinguet; Loren A. Eyres; Martin M. Fejer; James S. Harris Jr.

doi:10.1117/12.463834

28 March 2002 Long-wave IR chemical sensing based on difference frequency generation in orientation patterned GaAs

Scott E. Bisson, Thomas J. Kulp, R. Bambha, Karla Armstrong, Ofer Levi, Thierry Pinguet, Loren A. Eyres, Martin M. Fejer, James S. Harris Jr.

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Proceedings Volume 4634, Methods for Ultrasensitive Detection II; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.463834
Event: High-Power Lasers and Applications, 2002, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Lightsources employing quasiphasematched (QPM) nonlinear materials have demonstrated unique attributes for chemical sensing in the near- to mid-infrare spectral range (1 - 5 micrometers ). The advent of patterned-growth GaAs allows the first practical extension of QPM materials to operation in the long-wave IR (5 - 12 micrometers ). That wavelength range is particularly attractive for chemical sensing because it contains an atmospheric window, many molecular groups absorb there at distinct frequencies, and their absorptions tend to be strong relative to those in the near- and mid-IR. Here, the application of orientation-patterned GaAs (OPGaAs) for use in a continuous wave (cw) difference frequency spectrometer is described. The outputs of two external- cavity diode lasers operating in the 1.3 and 1.5 micrometers telecom bands are mixed in a OPGaAs crystal, producing tunable radiation at wavelengths near 8 micrometers . The application of the source to the measurement of a water vapor rovibrational absorption line is presented.

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Scott E. Bisson, Thomas J. Kulp, R. Bambha, Karla Armstrong, Ofer Levi, Thierry Pinguet, Loren A. Eyres, Martin M. Fejer, and James S. Harris Jr. "Long-wave IR chemical sensing based on difference frequency generation in orientation patterned GaAs", Proc. SPIE 4634, Methods for Ultrasensitive Detection II, (28 March 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.463834

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