Title :
Doubly-resonant mid-infrared AgGaSe2 optical parametric oscillator
Author :
Maser, Daniel L. ; Nugent-Glandorf, Lora ; Ycas, Gabriel ; Adler, Florian ; Knabe, Kevin ; Diddams, Scott A.
Author_Institution :
Time & Freq. Div., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
A doubly-resonant AgGaSe2 mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator (OPO) is synchronously pumped by a hybrid 2 μm Er:fiber/Tm:fiber femtosecond mode-locked laser. The OPO produces spectra ranging from 3-5 μm. Numerical simulations confirm the observed behavior.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; gallium compounds; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; silver compounds; thulium; AgGaSe2; Er:fiber-Tm:fiber femtosecond mode-locked laser; OPO; doubly-resonant mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator; synchronous pumping; wavelength 3 mum to 5 mum; Atmospheric modeling; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA