Title :
Efficient frequency doubling of a femtosecond Er-fiber laser using BiB3O6
Author :
Miyata, Kentaro ; Rotermund, Fabian ; Petrov, Valentin
Abstract :
BiB3O6 has been used for second-harmonic generation of a femtosecond Er-fiber laser-amplifier at 56 MHz. An internal conversion efficiency of 23% was obtained for second-harmonic pulses with a duration of 64 fs at 782 nm.
Keywords :
bismuth compounds; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical harmonic generation; optical pulse generation; BiB3O6; JkJk:Er; femtosecond fiber laser-amplifier; internal conversion efficiency; optical frequency doubling; second-harmonic pulse generation; time 64 fs; wavelength 782 nm; Bandwidth; Crystals; Frequency; Laser beams; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Pulse amplifiers; Ultrafast optics; (190.2620) Harmonic generation and mixing; (190.4400) Nonlinear optics, materials;
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
