Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033425
