• DocumentCode
    3572037
  • Title

    Power scalable 2 μm source for parametric generation of mid-infrared radiation in ZnGeP2

  • Author

    Simakov, N. ; Hemming, A. ; Davidson, A. ; Carmody, N. ; Bennetts, S. ; Davies, P. ; Haub, John

  • Author_Institution
    Electron. Warfare & Radar Div., Defence Sci. & Technol. Organ., Edinburgh, SA, Australia
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A Thulium fibre oscillator with 60uJ, 50ns pulses operating at 150kHz is demonstrated. Using a fibre amplifier 300μJ pulses were achieved which was sufficient for frequency conversion to 3.5-5μm using a ZGP OPO.
  • Keywords
    germanium compounds; optical fibre amplifiers; optical frequency conversion; optical parametric oscillators; optical pulse generation; thulium; zinc compounds; Tm; ZGP OPO; ZnGeP2; energy 300 muJ; energy 60 muJ; fibre amplifier; frequency 150 kHz; frequency conversion; mid-infrared radiation; parametric generation; thulium fibre oscillator; time 50 ns; wavelength 3.5 mum to 5 mum; Fiber lasers; Frequency conversion; Lenses; Optical fiber amplifiers; Oscillators; Pump lasers; Mid-IR; Optical Parametric Oscillator; Thulium fiber laser; ZGP;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT), 2010 35th Australian Conference on
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929946
  • Filename
    5929946
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3572037