• DocumentCode
    2244716
  • Title

    Octave wide mid-infrared frequency comb rigorously derived from commercial near-IR mode-locked laser

  • Author

    Leindecker, Nick C. ; Marandi, Alireza ; Byer, Robert L. ; Vodopyanov, Konstantin L.

  • Author_Institution
    E.L. Ginzton Lab., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Recent results using a degenerate OPO pumped by a 1560nm ultrafast laser to generate a broadband mid-infrared comb. Dispersion management and FTIR detection techniques access an octave-wide output spectrum extending from 2.0 to 4.0 um.
  • Keywords
    Fourier transform spectra; high-speed optical techniques; infrared spectra; laser mode locking; optical dispersion; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; FTIR detection; broadband mid-infrared comb; commercial near-IR mode-locked laser; dispersion management; octave wide midinfrared frequency comb; octave-wide output spectrum; ultrafast laser; wavelength 1560 nm; Cavity resonators; Dispersion; Frequency conversion; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optics; Oscillators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950798