Multi-watt average power continuum generation in holey fibers pumped by compact fiber-based source

Author

Champert, P.A. ; Popov, S.V. ; Taylor, J.R.

Author_Institution

Phys. Dept., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK

fYear

2001

fDate

11-11 May 2001

Abstract

Summary form only given. A 6 W, 770 nm source based on a 10 W seeded erbium amplifier and second harmonic generation in PPKTP is demonstrated and used for over 2 W continuum generation in holey fibers. 63% efficient conversion to 770 nm is achieved and 98% of the coupled pump is converted to the 330 nm wide continuum.

Keywords

multiwave mixing; optical fibre amplifiers; optical harmonic generation; optical pumping; optical wavelength conversion; self-phase modulation; 10 W; 2 W; 330 nm; 6 W; 770 nm; blue-shifted component; broadband source; compact fiber-based source; effective optical wavelength conversion; four-wave-mixing; high average power continuum generation; holey fibers; periodically poled crystal; second harmonic generation; seeded erbium amplifier; self-phase modulation; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Frequency conversion; Holey fibers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical harmonic generation; Optical wavelength conversion; Power generation; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2001.948220

Filename

948220