Title :
All-fibre OPO system for visible wavelengths
Author :
Van der Westhuizen, Gys J. ; Nilsson, Johan
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
fDate :
Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
Abstract :
An all-fibre PCF-based optical parametric oscillator at 718 nm, spliced to and synchronously pumped by an all-fibre Yb-doped MOPA, reaches an average in-fibre pump-to-anti-Stokes power conversion efficiency of 10.3% at a frequency-shift of 140 THz.
Keywords :
holey fibres; optical parametric amplifiers; optical parametric oscillators; photonic crystals; ytterbium; MOPA; all-fibre optical parametric oscillator system; frequency 140 THz; in-fibre pump-to-anti-Stokes power conversion; photonic crystal fibers; wavelength 718 nm; Cavity resonators; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency conversion; Optical fibers; Optical pumping;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1939-4
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6194084