Mid-infrared laser beam steering based on Fourier transform OPO
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Jérôme Bourderionnet
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Arnaud Brignon
Abstract:
Inertia-less optical scanners are an essential building block for many systems, including remote sensing, spectroscopy, and optronics. Although many solutions provide efficient scanning devices in the visible to near-infrared spectral range today, none of these devices offers good performances in longer wavelengths like in the mid-IR range. The new rationale that is described in this paper is to take advantage of existing and well-proven steering techniques in the near IR and to reach mid-IR by frequency conversion in a specifically designed Fourier transform optical parametric oscillator.
Acknowledgments
The authors acknowledge the French, Italian, and German MODs for financial support of this work through the ATLAS EDA/EUROPA MOU – RTP 108.085 project.
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- Photonics in security systems
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- Standoff detection and classification of bacteria by multispectral laser-induced fluorescence
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- IPS – a vision aided navigation system
- Ga-La-S-Se glass for visible and thermal imaging
- Picosecond imaging of signal propagation in integrated circuits
