Title :
Picosecond fiber optical parametric oscillator with 500 nm tuning range using dispersion-shifted fiber
Author :
Zhou, Yue ; Cheung, Kim K Y ; Yang, Sigang ; Chui, P.C. ; Wong, Kenneth K Y
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, China
Abstract :
We demonstrate a picosecond fiber optical parametric oscillator with a tuning range of 500 nm pumped by a relatively low-cost intensity-modulated pump. Pulses with pulsewidth from 7 ps to 17 ps are generated.
Keywords :
intensity modulation; optical fibre dispersion; optical parametric oscillators; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; dispersion-shifted fiber; intensity-modulated pump; optical pulse generation; picosecond fiber optical parametric oscillator; tuning range; Optical tuning; Oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
