Title :
Extended-cavity GHz-repetition-rate femtosecond optical parametric oscillator pumped at 76 MHz
Author :
Kokabee, Omid ; Esteban-Martin, A. ; Mouzouris, K. ; Ebrahim-Zadeh, M.
Author_Institution :
ICFO-Inst. de Cienc. Fotoniques, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
We report a dispersion compensated 1-GHz femtosecond optical parametric oscillator synchronously pumped by a 76-MHz Ti:sapphire laser using a cavity longer than the fundamental synchronous cavity length with improved output power and near-transform-limit pulses.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; dispersion compensated femtosecond optical parametric oscillator; extended-cavity GHz-repetition-rate femtosecond optical parametric oscillator; frequency 1 GHz; frequency 76 MHz; near-transform-limit pulses; output power; sapphire laser; synchronous cavity length; synchronous pump; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Ultrafast electronics; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4079-5
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5196456
