• DocumentCode
    688816
  • Title

    500-MHz mid-IR frequency comb source based on a compact subharmonic OPO

  • Author

    Ingold, Kirk A. ; Marandi, Alireza ; Rudy, Charles W. ; Pervak, V. ; Byer, Robert L. ; Vodopyanov, K.L.

  • Author_Institution
    E.L. Ginzton Lab., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a degenerate mid-infrared frequency comb OPO with a fractional cavity length pumped by an ultrafast 100-MHz Er-nber laser. This produces a 600-nm wide output near 3μπι with a repetition rate of 500 MHz.
  • Keywords
    erbium; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; compact subharmonic OPO; degenerate mid-infrared frequency comb OPO; fractional cavity length; frequency 100 MHz; frequency 500 MHz; mid-IR frequency comb source; repetition rate; ultrafast Er-fiber laser; Cavity resonators; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833192