• DocumentCode
    1577511
  • Title

    XPM-induced spectral distortion in high efficiency, picosecond, fiber optical parametric oscillators

  • Author

    Gu, Chenji ; Sharping, Jay E.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of California, Merced, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We describe a 230 nm tunable fiber optical parametric oscillator (FOPO) using an 8 ps pump laser. The FOPO generates 2-4 ps pulses with conversion efficiency as high as 20%. The output spectrum exhibits power and synchronization-dependent broadening.
  • Keywords
    fibre lasers; optical distortion; optical modulation; optical parametric oscillators; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; FOPO; XPM-induced spectral distortion; conversion efficiency; cross-phase modulation; high efficiency picosecond fiber optical parametric oscillators; pulse generation; pump laser; size 230 nm; synchronization-dependent broadening; tunable fiber optical parametric oscillator; Cavity resonators; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Oscillators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • ISSN
    pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0213-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5875058