Title :
Tapered fiber femtosecond optical parametric oscillator
Author :
Teipel, J. ; Giessen, H.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Appl. Phys., Bonn Univ., Germany
Abstract :
We use a tapered fiber as nonlinear gain medium in a Ti:Sapphire synch-pumped femtosecond optical parametric oscillator. We generate more than 10 mW of radiation between 450 and 500 nm with a gain of more than 1000.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; infrared spectra; optical fibres; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; sapphire; titanium; visible spectra; 450 to 500 nm; Al/sub 2/O/sub 2/:Ti; Ti:Sapphire; femtosecond optical parametric oscillator; nonlinear gain medium; synch-pumping; tapered fibers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical solitons; Optical variables control; Oscillators; Power generation; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
