Title :
Tunable pulsed fiber-optic parametric oscillator
Author :
Serkland, D.K. ; Kumar, P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a tunable optical parametric oscillator that derives gain from a nonlinear fiber Sagnac interferometer pumped by 7.7-ps pulses at 1539 nm. We report a 74-nm-wide tuning range centered on the pump wavelength.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical fibres; optical parametric oscillators; optical tuning; nonlinear fiber Sagnac interferometer; optical tuning; ps pulses; pump wavelength; tunable pulsed fiber-optic parametric oscillator; tuning range; Bandwidth; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-582-X
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1999.767778
