• DocumentCode
    3008719
  • Title

    Femtosecond mid-infrared difference-frequency-generation tunable between 3.2 μm and 4.8 μm from a compact fiber source

  • Author

    Erny, C. ; Moutzouris, K. ; Biegert, J. ; Keller, U. ; Kühlke, D. ; Adler, F. ; Leitenstorfer, A.

  • Author_Institution
    ETH Zurich, Zurich
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a mid-infrared laser source tunable between 3.2 mum and 4.8 mum with an average output power of more than 1 mW. The spectral bandwidth of up to 325 nm supports sub- 60-fs pulses.
  • Keywords
    fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; infrared sources; laser tuning; optical frequency conversion; compact fiber source; femtosecond mid-infrared difference-frequency-generation; laser tuning; mid-infrared laser source; spectral bandwidth; time 60 fs; wavelength 3.2 mum to 4.8 mum; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency conversion; Laser theory; Optical mixing; Optical pulses; Power generation; Pulse amplifiers; Tunable circuits and devices; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452812
  • Filename
    4452812