Title :
High-power, fiber-laser-pumped, tunable picosecond source for the near-to-mid-infrared
Author :
Chaitanya Kumar, S. ; Kimmelma, O. ; Ebrahim-Zadeh, Majid
Author_Institution :
ICFO-Inst. de Cienc. Fotoniques, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
We demonstrate a stable (1.6%rms over 14 hours) picosecond source providing upto 3.5 W, tunable across 752-860 nm, and watt-level output in the mid-infrared, using intracavity frequency-doubling in optical-parametric-oscillator synchronously pumped by a Yb-fiber laser.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; optical fibres; optical harmonic generation; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; ytterbium; high-power fiber-laser-pumped tunable picosecond source; intracavity frequency-doubling; near-to-mid-infrared region; optical pumping; optical tuning; optical-parametric-oscillator; power 3.5 W; time 14 h; watt-level output; wavelength 752 nm to 860 nm;
Conference_Titel :
Fiber Optics and Photonics (PHOTONICS), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chennai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4718-1
