Title :
Frequency comb spanning 2.5–7.5 μm from a subharmonic GaAs OPO and its coherence properties
Author :
Smolski, V.O. ; Gorelov, S.D. ; Zhao, J. ; Xu, J. ; Schunemann, P.G. ; Vodopyanov, K.L.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Univ. Cent. Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a record-wide mid-IR comb using Tm-fiber-laser-pumped near-degenerate GaAs OPO. By varying intracavity dispersion, we observe a transition from a single-comb to a two-comb state, where two combs are offset by a constant value.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; gallium arsenide; laser cavity resonators; optical fibre dispersion; optical frequency combs; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; thulium; Tm-fiber-laser-pumped near-degenerate GaAs OPO; coherence properties; constant value; frequency comb spanning; intracavity dispersion; midinfrared comb; single-comb state; subharmonic GaAs OPO; two-comb state; wavelength 2.5 mum to 7.5 mum; Gallium arsenide; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optimized production technology; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
