Title :
Red light generation by sum frequency mixing of Er/Yb fibre amplifier output in QPM LiNbO3
Author :
Hart, D.L. ; Goldberg, L. ; Burns, W.K.
Author_Institution :
Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
fDate :
1/7/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Red light was generated by the sum frequency mixing of 1.55 μm emission of an Er/Yb doped fibre amplifier with the unabsorbed 1.064 μm pump light in a 2.3 cm long periodically poled LiNbO3 crystal. A maximum power of 0.45 W was generated at 630 nm
Keywords :
lithium compounds; optical frequency conversion; optical phase matching; 0.45 W; 630 nm; Er/Yb fibre amplifier; LiNbO3; periodically poled LiNbO3 crystal; quasi-phase matching; red light generation; sum frequency mixing;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19990023