DocumentCode
1423851
Title
Dispersion-Tuned Harmonically Mode-Locked Fiber-Optical Parametric Oscillator
Author
Yang, Sigang ; Cheung, Kim K Y ; Zhou, Yue ; Wong, Kenneth K Y
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Volume
22
Issue
8
fYear
2010
fDate
4/15/2010 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
580
Lastpage
582
Abstract
The stable operation of a high-repetition-rate dispersion-tuned harmonically mode-locked fiber-optical parametric oscillator (FOPO) is demonstrated for the first time to the best of our knowledge. The experimental results match well with the theory. By introducing large cavity dispersion, the round-trip delay can vary with wavelength. Thus the cavity can be synchronized with the modulation frequency of an external clock passively. The FOPO can be tuned simply by adjusting the modulation frequency. A stable 10-GHz pulse train is obtained over 6-nm tuning range for each of the signal and idler.
Keywords
fibre lasers; laser mode locking; nonlinear optics; optical parametric oscillators; dispersion-tuned harmonically mode-locked fiber-optical parametric oscillator; high-repetition-rate; large cavity dispersion; round-trip delay; Nonlinear optics; optical fiber lasers; parametric amplifiers; parametric oscillators;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LPT.2010.2043091
Filename
5419061
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