Title :
Widely-tunable, multi-wavelength short wave infrared light source based on fiber optical parametric oscillator
Author :
Kuo, Bill P P ; Wiberg, Andreas O J ; Myslivets, Evgeny ; Blessing, Daniel ; Alic, Nikola ; Radic, Stojan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a fiber-optical-parametric-oscillator-based multi-wavelength pulse source operating at 1.9 ¿m. Multiple time- and wavelength-distinct pulse seeds were used to cover wavelength range from 1904 to 1924 nm and generate new tones with linewidths below 0.1 nm.
Keywords :
infrared sources; optical fibres; optical parametric oscillators; fiber optical parametric oscillator; multiple time-distinct pulse seeds; multiple wavelength-distinct pulse seeds; tones; wavelength 1904 nm to 1924 nm; widely-tunable multi-wavelength short wave infrared light source; Chemical lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Light sources; Optical fibers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical sensors; Optical solitons; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1