• DocumentCode
    2868298
  • Title

    Broadband optical parametric amplifier using chirped quasi-phase-matched gratings

  • Author

    Charbonneau-Lefort, Mathieu ; Schober, A.M. ; Afeyan, Bedros ; Fejer, M.M.

  • Author_Institution
    E. L. Ginzton Lab., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate operation of an optical parametric amplifier using a chirped quasi-phase-matching grating. Such devices enable engineering of gain spectra over wide bandwidths, applicable to femtosecond pulse amplification and other wide-band devices.
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; optical parametric amplifiers; optical phase matching; broadband optical parametric amplifier; chirped quasi-phase-matched gratings; femtosecond pulse amplification; gain spectra; Broadband amplifiers; Chirp; Gratings; Nonlinear optics; Operational amplifiers; Optical amplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics; 190.4410; 190.4970; 190.7110; 230.4320;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628055
  • Filename
    4628055