Microstructure Fiber Based Optical Parametric Oscillators

Author

Sharping, Jay E.

Author_Institution

Univ. of California-Merced, Merced, CA

Volume

26

Issue

14

fYear

2008

fDate

7/15/2008 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2184

Lastpage

2191

Abstract

The current status of fiber based optical parametric oscillators is presented with a focus on pulsed systems employing microstructure fibers. It is shown based on standard expressions for parametric processes in optical fibers that systems employing short (less than a few cm) optical fibers lead to superior performance in terms of wavelength tunability and output power. Practical guidelines for realizing a working system are given. These devices are now practical as ultrafast pulsed-light sources and for extending the wavelengths of operation of existing mode-locked fiber lasers.

Keywords

fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; holey fibres; laser mode locking; optical parametric oscillators; photonic crystals; microstructure fiber; mode-locked fiber laser; optical fibers; optical parametric oscillator; parametric processes; photonic crystal fiber; pulsed systems; ultrafast pulsed-light sources; wavelength tunability; Fiber lasers; Guidelines; Laser mode locking; Microstructure; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Power generation; Ultrafast optics; Four-wave mixing; microstructure fibers; optical fibers; optical parametric oscillators; parametric amplification; photonic crystal fibers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2008.923274

Filename

4610003