Title :
Compact high power (5.6 W) picosecond white light source
Author :
Türke, Diana ; Teipel, Jöm ; Giessen, Harald ; Zintl, Andreas ; Braun, Bernd
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Angewandte Phys., Bonn Univ., Germany
Abstract :
The combination of a diode-pumped Nd:YVO/sub 4/ picosecond laser source with tapered fibers allows the realization of a compact white light source with an average output power of up to 5.6 W. We generated supercontinua with an efficiency of /spl sim/ 50 % over a spectral range of up to 1150 nm by using a series of tapered fibers.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; light sources; neodymium; optical fibres; optical pumping; solid lasers; 5.6 W; diode-pumped Nd:YVO/sub 4/ picosecond laser source; high power picosecond white light source; supercontinua generation; tapered fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
