DocumentCode
1772144
Title
Femtosecond optical parametric oscillator frequency combs at harmonics of the pump laser repetition frequency
Author
McCracken, Richard A. ; Balskus, Karolis ; Reid, Derryck T.
Author_Institution
Inst. of Photonics & Quantum Sci., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK
fYear
2014
fDate
8-13 June 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Various schemes allow femtosecond OPOs to produce pulses at harmonics of their pump laser repetition frequency, ostensibly facilitating access to widely-spaced tunable frequency combs. Here, we show not all approaches possess equivalent carrier-envelope offset characteristics.
Keywords
laser tuning; optical harmonic generation; optical parametric oscillators; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; equivalent carrier-envelope offset characteristics; femtosecond optical parametric oscillator frequency combs; harmonics; pump laser repetition frequency; widely-spaced tunable frequency combs; Cavity resonators; Harmonic analysis; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6989792
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