Synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator with a repetition rate of 81.8 GHz

Author

Lecomte, Steve ; Paschotta, Rüdiger ; Pawlik, Susanne ; Schmidt, Berthold ; Furusawa, Kentaro ; Malinowski, Andrew ; Richardson, David J. ; Keller, Ursula

Author_Institution

Phys. Dept., Inst. of Quantum Electron., Zurich, Switzerland

Volume

17

Issue

2

fYear

2005

Firstpage

483

Lastpage

485

Abstract

We present a singly resonant synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator with a record-high pulse repetition rate of 81.8 GHz. It generates up to 0.9 W of signal average output power at a wavelength of 1569.7 nm. The pulses have a duration of 2.4 ps and are nearly transform-limited. The device is wavelength tunable from 1541.4 to 1592.2 nm. The tuning range could be easily extended by the use of a multiperiod periodically poled LiNbO₃ crystal.

Keywords

lithium compounds; optical materials; optical parametric oscillators; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; optical tuning; optical wavelength conversion; 1541.4 to 1592.2 nm; 1569.7 nm; 2.4 ps; 81.8 GHz; LiNbO₃; multiperiod periodically poled LiNbO₃ crystal; optical parametric oscillator pumping; optical pulse generation; transform-limited pulses; wavelength tuning; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Power generation; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor lasers; High pulse repetition rates; mode-locked lasers; optical fiber amplifiers; optical parametric oscillators (OPOs);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2004.839385

Filename

1386356