Narrow-Bandwidth Tunable Infrared Difference-Frequency Generation at High Repetition Rates in LilO(3).

Difference-frequency generation was studied in LiIO(3) with a narrow-bandwidth tunable dye laser pumped at high pulse-repetition rates by a frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser. Tunable infrared radiation of 0.1, cm(-1) bandwidth was generated from 1.25 mum to 1.60 mum and from 3.40 mum to 5.65 mum by mixing rhodamine B dye laser cavity radiation with the 1.064-mum or 532-nm output of the Nd:YAG laser.