Title :
Simultaneous NIR and SWIR wavelength-swept generation over record 329-nm range using swept-pump fiber optical parametric oscillator
Author :
Kuo, Bill P -P ; Alic, Nikola ; Wysocki, Paul F. ; Radic, Stojan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate fiber-optical-parametric-oscillator-based swept-wavelength source operating simultaneously in 1.3 ¿m and 1.9 ¿m bands. Total wavelength sweep range of 329 nm/s with cumulative speed exceeding 70000 nm/s is achieved by a seeding source generating 25 nm sweep at 6000 nm/s rate.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; NIR wavelength-swept generation; SWIR wavelength-swept generation; fiber optical parametric oscillator; seeding source; swept pumping; velocity 329 nm/s; wavelength 1.3 mum; wavelength 1.9 mum; Active filters; Biomedical optical imaging; Chemical lasers; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser tuning; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical recording; Oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
