Title :
2.09-µm degenerate femtosecond OPO with over 60% conversion efficiency and 0.6-W output
Author :
Ingold, Kirk A. ; Marandi, Alireza ; Rudy, Charles W. ; Byer, Robert L.
Author_Institution :
E.L. Ginzton Lab., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
Abstract :
We report a broad frequency comb centered at 2.09 μm produced by a degenerate OPO. We achieve 0.6 W of 94-fs transform limited pulses at 250 MHz and a conversion efficiency of 64%.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical frequency conversion; optical parametric oscillators; broad frequency comb; degenerate femtosecond OPO; frequency 250 MHz; optical parametric oscillator; power 0.6 W; time 94 fs; wavelength 2.09 mum; Bandwidth; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optimized production technology; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA