発表者名 |
佐藤 葵 |
指導教員名 |
芦原 聡 教授 |
発表題目(英語) |
Broadband laser system with Cr:ZnS for driving mid-infrared intra-pulse difference frequency generation |
要旨(英語) |
The mid-infrared region plays an important role in molecular vibrational spectroscopy. In particular, “molecular fingerprint region” is located at wavelengths above 6.7 μm (corresponding to wavenumber below 1500 cm-1), and we are aiming to develop a broadband coherent light source in this region.
The method we propose is intra-pulse difference frequency generation (IPDFG) with Cr:ZnS mode-locked laser-based broadband light source for drive laser, and wide-gap semiconductor crystals for nonlinear optical crystals. Wide-gap semiconductors (GaSe, ZGP, etc.) are transparent in mid-infrared region, and have higher nonlinearity than oxide crystals (LiNbO3, BaB2O4, etc.). On the other hand, wide-gap semiconductors have smaller bandgap than oxide crystals, and visible and near-infrared ultrashort pulse is unsuitable for IPDFG because of two-photon absorption. Therefore we use Cr:ZnS mode-locked lasers, which have center wavelength of 2.3 um.
In this presentation, we will give details about the broadband, high-power laser system with Cr:ZnS for mid-infrared IPDFG. |
発表言語 |
日本語 |