1-GHz repetition-rate femtosecond optical parametric oscillator

Author

Zhang, X.P. ; Hebling, J. ; Bartels, A. ; Nau, Dana ; Kuhl ; Ruhle, W.W. ; Giessen, H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Philipps-Univ., Marburg, Germany

fYear

2002

fDate

24-24 May 2002

Abstract

Summary form only given. High-repetition-rate femtosecond laser pulses tunable in the infrared and visible spectral range can be widely applied for time-resolved spectroscopy and pump-probe measurements with a high signal to noise ratio (SNR). Femtosecond OPOs operating at high repetition rate in the near infrared (1.3 /spl mu/m and 1.55 /spl mu/m) are potentially of great importance for optical communication systems to achieve high data rates and high capacity. However, femtosecond OPOs reported so far operated below 400 MHz. In this contribution, we report 1 GHz operation of a femtosecond periodically poled LiNbO/sub 3/ optical parametric oscillator pumped by a 1 GHz Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser.

Keywords

dielectric polarisation; high-speed optical techniques; laser tuning; lithium compounds; optical Kerr effect; optical materials; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; 1.3 micron; 1.55 micron; GHz operation; Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser; LiNbO/sub 3/; femtosecond PPLN OPO; high capacity; high data rates; high signal to noise ratio; high-repetition-rate femtosecond laser pulses; infrared spectral range; optical communication systems; optical parametric oscillator; optical pumping; periodically poled; pump-probe measurements; time-resolved spectroscopy; visible spectral range; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers; Signal to noise ratio; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-706-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033425

Filename

1033425