Title :
Picosecond optical parametric oscillator directly pumped by a mode-locked diode laser
Author :
Tremont, M.A. ; Klein, Molly E. ; Robertson, Andrew ; Woll, D. ; Boller, Klaus-J ; Wallenstein, R.
Author_Institution :
Fachbereich Phys., Kaiserslautern Univ., Germany
Abstract :
Summary form only given.In recent years, the optical parametric oscillator (OPO) has been successfully implemented as a convenient source of tunable coherent radiation in the ultra-short pulse regime. We present what is believed to be the first optical parametric oscillator synchronously pumped directly by a CW modelocked diode laser system. The resulting, ultrahigh repetition rate of 2.5 GHz and the broad wavelength tunability make the OPO interesting for applications such as the testing and characterisation of WDM transmission systems.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; CW modelocked diode laser system; WDM transmission systems; broad wavelength tunability; directly pumped; mode-locked diode laser; optical pumping; picosecond optical parametric oscillator; synchronously pumped; tunable coherent radiation; ultra-short pulse regime; ultrahigh repetition rate; Diode lasers; Frequency conversion; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optimized production technology; Oscillators; Robustness; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-634-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2000.907008
