• DocumentCode
    1576211
  • Title

    Fiber-guided seeding of narrow bandwidth, sub-nanosecond optical parametric pulse generation in PPLN

  • Author

    Cocuzzi, M.D. ; Phelps, C.D. ; Schepler, K.L. ; Powers, P.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Air Force Res. Lab., Patterson, CA
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    878
  • Lastpage
    879
  • Abstract
    Narrow bandwidth (70 pm), sub-nanosecond infrared pulses were produced using a signal-seeded, periodically-poled, lithium niobate optical parametric generator pumped at 7.14 kHz by a Yb-doped fiber amplifier, where the signal-seed was guided through the fiber amplifier.
  • Keywords
    lithium compounds; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; LiNbO3; PPLN; Yb; Yb-doped fiber amplifier; fiber-guided seeding; frequency 7.14 kHz; optical parametric pulse generation; Bandwidth; Lithium niobate; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pumping; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal generators; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
  • Conference_Location
    Acapulco
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1931-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1932-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688902
  • Filename
    4688902