Fourth-harmonic generation of a continuous-wave CO_2 laser by use of an AgGaSe_2/ZnGeP_2 doubly resonant device

Abstract

We report a doubly resonant continuous-wave CO(2) laser frequency-quadrupling device that generates 200nW of 2.55-mum (4?) and as much as 2mW of 5.1-mum (2?) radiation out of 1.7-W fundamental radiation at 10.2 mum (?). The quadrupling process results from two resonant cascading second-harmonic generations by use of a walk-off-compensated twin AgGaSe(2) device (??2?) and a ZnGeP(2)nonlinear crystal (2??4?).