Title :
Widely tunable normal dispersion fiber optical parametric oscillator
Author :
Nguyen, Tuan N. ; Kieu, Khan ; Gowda, R. ; Ota, Takahisa ; Uno, S. ; Peyghambarian, N.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. Sci., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a very wide tuning range normal dispersion fiber optical parametric oscillator (FOPO) using a femtosecond, fixed wavelength fiber laser as the pump source. A tuning range from 1360nm to 1835nm with pulse energy up to 1.3 nJ was achieved by operating the FOPO in the normal dispersion regime. We believe that the proposed laser design will be useful for developing widely tunable and high energy ultrafast fiber laser sources.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser beams; laser tuning; optical fibre dispersion; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; FOPO; energy 1.3 nJ; femtosecond fiber laser; fixed wavelength fiber laser; high energy ultrafast fiber laser sources; laser design; normal dispersion regime; pulse energy; pump source; wavelength 1360 nm to 1835 nm; wide tuning range normal dispersion fiber optical parametric oscillator; widely tunable ultrafast fiber laser sources; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Oscillators; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
