Title :
Mid infrared sources based on widely tunable DFG in monolithic semiconductor waveguides
Author :
Logan, Dylan F. ; Villeneuve, A. ; Giguere, M. ; Helmy, Amr S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
Difference frequency generation in monolithic semiconductor waveguides using χ(2) nonlinearities produced mid IR radiation between 7700 - 8300 nm in a single waveguide element via 20 nm tuning of a 1550 nm fiber laser pump.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; integrated optics; laser tuning; optical pumping; optical waveguides; χ(2) nonlinearities; difference frequency generation; fiber laser pump; mid IR radiation; mid infrared sources; monolithic semiconductor waveguides; single waveguide element; wavelength 1550 nm; wavelength 7700 nm to 8300 nm; widely tunable DFG; Dispersion; Frequency conversion; Laser excitation; Optical waveguides; Quantum cascade lasers; Tuning; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
