Title :
A picosecond optical parametric oscillator synchronously pumped by an amplified gain-switched laser diode
Author :
Kienle, Florian ; Chen, Kang K. ; Alam, Shaif-ul ; Gawith, Corin B.E. ; Mackenzie, Jacob I. ; Hanna, David C. ; Richardson, David J. ; Shepherd, David P.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We demonstrate a picosecond optical parametric oscillator synchronously pumped by a fiber-amplified gain-switched laser diode. Up to 7.3W at 1.54µm and 3.1W at 3.4µm is obtained at pulse repetition rates between 114.8 and 918.4MHz.
Keywords :
Diode lasers; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
