Title :
A tunable mid-infrared (16–20 μm) source from a two-color Yb:Fiber chirped pulse amplifier
Author :
Hajialamdari, Mojtaba ; Strickland, Donna
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Abstract :
We have demonstrated a tunable mid-infrared coherent source in the range from 16 μm to 20 μm by difference frequency mixing two near-infrared pulses from the output of a two-color Yb:fiber chirped pulse amplifier.
Keywords :
Chirp; Color; Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optimized production technology; Pulse amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6