A microstructure-fiber-based 10-GHz synchronized tunable optical parametric oscillator in the 1550-nm regime

Author

Lasri, Jacob ; Devgan, Preetpaul ; Tang, Renyong ; Sharping, Jay E. ; Kumar, Prem

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA

Volume

15

Issue

8

fYear

2003

Firstpage

1058

Lastpage

1060

Abstract

We demonstrate a microstructure-fiber (MF)-based supercontinuum source and a synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator in the 1550-nm regime. By using a 12.5-m-long MF, we obtained a 10-GHz repetition-rate picosecond-pulse source that is capable of /spl sim/120-nm wavelength tunability due to the wide-gain bandwidth of the combined processes of stimulated Raman scattering and parametric four-wave mixing.

Keywords

micro-optics; multiwave mixing; optical fibres; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; optical tuning; stimulated Raman scattering; synchronisation; 12.5 m; 1550 nm; microstructure-fiber-based synchronized tunable optical parametric oscillator; parametric four-wave mixing; repetition-rate picosecond-pulse source; stimulated Raman scattering; synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator; wavelength tunability; wide-gain bandwidth; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical pulse generation; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Optical wavelength conversion; Oscillators; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2003.815333

Filename

1215502