Title :
Producing octave-wide combs and few-cycle pulses in the mid-IR: Frequency divide-and-conquer approach
Author :
Vodopyanov, Konstantin
Author_Institution :
CREOL, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
More than one-octave-wide frequency combs are produced in the mid-infrared region of 2-6 microns via subharmonic optical parametric oscillation using ultrafast fiber lasers as a pump source. In time domain, sub-5-cycle mid-IR pulses were achieved.
Keywords :
divide and conquer methods; fibre lasers; optical parametric oscillators; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; few-cycle pulses; frequency divide-and-conquer approach; one-octave-wide frequency combs; pump source; sub5-cycle midIR pulses; subharmonic optical parametric oscillation; ultrafast fiber lasers; wavelength 2 micron to 6 micron; Fiber lasers; Frequency conversion; Laser excitation; Optical fiber dispersion; Optimized production technology; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600179
