Continuous-wave fiber optical parametric oscillator

Author

Marhic, M.E. ; Wong, K.K.-Y. ; Kazovsky, L.G. ; Tsai, T.-E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

24-24 May 2002

Abstract

We report the continuous-wave operation of singly-resonant fiber optical parametric oscillators. In a cavity formed by 100 m of highly-nonlinear fiber and two fiber Bragg gratings, pump power threshold was 240 mW; output wavelength could be tuned over 80 nm by tuning the pump. We also obtained an internal conversion efficiency of 30%, compared to the maximum theoretical value of 50%, by using a 1 km-long cavity.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; optical fibres; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; optical resonators; optical tuning; 100 m; 240 mW; 30 percent; CW fiber optical parametric oscillator; continuous-wave fiber optical parametric oscillator; fiber Bragg gratings; highly-nonlinear fiber; internal conversion efficiency; maximum theoretical value; output wavelength tuning; pump power threshold; singly-resonant fiber optical parametric oscillators; Bragg gratings; Connectors; Fiber gratings; Laser excitation; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber theory; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Optical solitons; Oscillators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-706-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2002.1034493

Filename

1034493