Open AccessOctave-spanning, high-power microstructure-fiber-based optical parametric oscillators
Author(s) -
Jay E. Sharping,
Mark A. Foster,
Alexander L. Gaeta,
J. Lasri,
O. Lyngnes,
Kurt Vogel
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.15.001474
Subject(s) - materials science , optics , octave (electronics) , femtosecond , picosecond , wavelength , optical fiber , fiber laser , laser , optical parametric amplifier , fiber , signal (programming language) , optoelectronics , optical amplifier , physics , computer science , composite material , programming language
We investigate femtosecond optical parametric oscillators (OPO's) based on short pieces of microstructure fiber that generate sub-picosecond pulses with record average output power (50 mW) and >200 nm of wavelength tunability (yellow to near-IR). Signal and conjugate (idler)fields spanning an octave are also demonstrated. These systems can operate with a wide range of microstructure fibers, pump laser wavelengths and pulse durations, and our analysis shows that in terms of wavelength tunability and output power using short (less than a few cm's) optical fibers leads to performance that is superior to that with longer lengths.