Title :
Two-color fiber amplifier for mid-infrared generation
Author :
Alvarez, R. Romero ; Strickland, D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Waterloo Univ., Waterloo, ON
Abstract :
20 muW of average power at ~18 mum is generated by difference frequency mixing the 300 mW, two-color output of a Yb:fiber amplifier. The mid-infrared power was not limited by two-photon absorption allowing it to be scaled.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse generation; two-photon processes; ytterbium; JkJk:Yb; difference frequency mixing; midinfrared generation; power 300 mW; two-color fiber amplifier; two-photon absorption; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Oscillators; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Stimulated emission; (140.3510) lasers-fiber; (140.7090) Ultrafast lasers; (190.4223) nonlinear wave mixing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
