High repetition rate optical parametric amplification based on a single Yb:fiber laser

Author

Tzeng, Yan-Wei ; Huang, Chen-Han ; Lin, Yen-Yin ; Liu, Jian-Ming ; Chui, Hsiang-Chen ; Liu, Hsiang-Lin ; Stone, James M. ; Knight, Jonathan C. ; Chu, Shi-Wei

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

700-1900-nm tunable single-pass optical-parametric-amplification was demonstrated. The pump was a frequency-doubled Yb-laser, and the residual Yb-laser was recycled to generate supercontinuum as seeding. Over 30% conversion efficiency was obtained with 10-nJ pump energy.

Keywords

laser beams; laser tuning; optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; supercontinuum generation; ytterbium; Yb; conversion efficiency; fiber laser; frequency-doubled laser; high-repetition rate optical parametric amplification; pump energy; residual laser; supercontinuum generation; tunable single-pass single-pass OPA; wavelength 700 nm to 1900 nm; Biomedical optical imaging; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics; (140.7090) Ultrafast lasers; (190.4410) Nonlinear optics, parametric processes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225399