Molecular fingerprint-region spectroscopy from 5 to 12 μm using an orientation-patterned gallium phosphide optical parametric oscillator

Luke Maidment; Peter G. Schunemann; Derryck Telford Reid

doi:10.1364/OL.41.004261

Molecular fingerprint-region spectroscopy from 5 to 12 μm using an orientation-patterned gallium phosphide optical parametric oscillator

Luke Maidment
, Peter G. Schunemann
, Derryck Telford Reid

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We report a femtosecond optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on the new semiconductor gain material orientation- patterned gallium phosphide (OP-GaP), which enables the production of high-repetition-rate femtosecond pulses span- ning 5–12 μm with average powers in the few to tens of milli- watts range. This is the first example of a broadband OPO operating across the molecular fingerprint region, and we demonstrate its potential by conducting broadband Fourier- transform spectroscopy using water vapor and a polystyrene reference standard.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4261-4264
Number of pages	4
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	41
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.41.004261
Publication status	Published - 9 Sept 2016

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