• DocumentCode
    2897371
  • Title

    Optical parametric amplification of a picosecond pulsed laser diode at 975 nm

  • Author

    Fragemann, A. ; Pasiskevicius, V. ; Laurell, F.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Laser Phys., R. Inst. of Technol., Stockholm, Sweden
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    12-17 June 2005
  • Firstpage
    256
  • Abstract
    Optical parametric amplification, employing periodically poled KTiOPO4 as the gain medium, was used to amplify picosecond pulses at 975 nm emitted by a laser diode. A gain of 35 dB was achieved.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; optical materials; optical parametric amplifiers; potassium compounds; semiconductor lasers; 35 dB; 975 nm; KTiOPO4; gain medium; laser diode; optical parametric amplification; periodically poled crystal; picosecond pulsed laser diode; Diode lasers; Gain; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Pulse amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Surface emitting lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8974-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568041
  • Filename
    1568041