• DocumentCode
    2875664
  • Title

    Application of a 2W/nm all-fiber supercontinuum source to the characterization of nonlinear crystals

  • Author

    Cumberland, B.A. ; Travers, J.C. ; Kennedy, R.E. ; Popov, S.V. ; Taylor, J.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Femtosecond Opt. Group, Imperial Coll. London, London
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a nanosecond all-fiber pump laser based supercontinuum source with a peak power density of 2 W/nm in the 0.5 to 1.8 mum range. The source is applied to characterization of periodically poled crystals.
  • Keywords
    crystals; optical materials; supercontinuum generation; all-fiber supercontinuum source; nanosecond all-fiber pump laser; nonlinear crystals; periodically poled crystals; Crystals; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser fusion; Laser modes; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pumping; Power harmonic filters; Ultrafast optics; (060.4370) Nonlinear optics, fibers; (120.4630) Optical inspection.;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628511
  • Filename
    4628511