Title :
Robust high-power and wavelength-tunable femtosecond fiber system based on engineerable PPLN devices
Author :
Galvanuskas, A. ; Fermann, M.E. ; Arbore, M.A. ; Fejer, M.M. ; Minelly, J.D. ; Caplen, J.E. ; Wong, K.K. ; Harter, D.
Author_Institution :
IMRA America Inc., Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
Here we report a robust high-power, high-repetition rate and wavelength-tunable femtosecond laser system based on optical parametric generation and a compact fiber chirped pulse-amplification circuit, both implemented using engineered periodically pulsed lithium niobate (PPLN) devices
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; lithium compounds; optical fibres; optical frequency conversion; optical materials; optical parametric devices; LiNbO3; compact fiber chirped pulse-amplification circuit; engineerable PPLN devices; engineered periodically pulsed lithium niobate devices; high-repetition rat; optical parametric generation; optical parametric generators; robust high-power wavelength-tunable femtosecond fiber system; wavelength-tunable femtosecond laser system; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency conversion; Optical fiber devices; Optical pulse generation; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Robustness; Systems engineering and theory; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Nonlinear Optics '98: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications Topical Meeting
Conference_Location :
Kauai, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4950-4
DOI :
10.1109/NLO.1998.710278
