Title :
Octave wide mid-infrared frequency comb rigorously derived from commercial near-IR mode-locked laser
Author :
Leindecker, Nick C. ; Marandi, Alireza ; Byer, Robert L. ; Vodopyanov, Konstantin L.
Author_Institution :
E.L. Ginzton Lab., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
Abstract :
Recent results using a degenerate OPO pumped by a 1560nm ultrafast laser to generate a broadband mid-infrared comb. Dispersion management and FTIR detection techniques access an octave-wide output spectrum extending from 2.0 to 4.0 um.
Keywords :
Fourier transform spectra; high-speed optical techniques; infrared spectra; laser mode locking; optical dispersion; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; FTIR detection; broadband mid-infrared comb; commercial near-IR mode-locked laser; dispersion management; octave wide midinfrared frequency comb; octave-wide output spectrum; ultrafast laser; wavelength 1560 nm; Cavity resonators; Dispersion; Frequency conversion; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optics; Oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
