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