Author:
Li William H.,Kupfer Rotem,Babzien Marcus,Cultrera Luca,Polyanskiy Mikhail N.,Pogorelsky Igor V.,Rao Triveni,Vafaei-Najafabadi Navid,Wang Furong,Wishart James F.,Palmer Mark A.
Abstract
We report the use of Raman conversion in calcite crystals to generate wave-lengths suitable for seeding sub-picosecond LWIR CO2 lasers after subsequent difference frequency generation.