Picosecond optical parametric oscillator directly pumped by a mode-locked diode laser

Author

Tremont, M.A. ; Klein, Molly E. ; Robertson, Andrew ; Woll, D. ; Boller, Klaus-J ; Wallenstein, R.

Author_Institution

Fachbereich Phys., Kaiserslautern Univ., Germany

fYear

2000

fDate

7-12 May 2000

Firstpage

275

Lastpage

276

Abstract

Summary form only given.In recent years, the optical parametric oscillator (OPO) has been successfully implemented as a convenient source of tunable coherent radiation in the ultra-short pulse regime. We present what is believed to be the first optical parametric oscillator synchronously pumped directly by a CW modelocked diode laser system. The resulting, ultrahigh repetition rate of 2.5 GHz and the broad wavelength tunability make the OPO interesting for applications such as the testing and characterisation of WDM transmission systems.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; CW modelocked diode laser system; WDM transmission systems; broad wavelength tunability; directly pumped; mode-locked diode laser; optical pumping; picosecond optical parametric oscillator; synchronously pumped; tunable coherent radiation; ultra-short pulse regime; ultrahigh repetition rate; Diode lasers; Frequency conversion; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optimized production technology; Oscillators; Robustness; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-634-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2000.907008

Filename

907008