Title :
Tunable all-optical modulation by period multiplication in a synchronously-pumped optical parametric oscillator
Author :
Steinle, Tobias ; Kumar, Vikas ; Steinmann, Andy ; Marangoni, Marco ; Cerullo, Giulio ; Giessen, Harald
Author_Institution :
4th Phys. Inst., Univ. of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Abstract :
We present the first observation of period multiplication in a synchronously-pumped OPO, enabling tunable all-optical modulation for ultrafast pulses beyond 10 MHz. Elegant pump-probe spectroscopy without external modulation is demonstrated by stimulated Raman scattering.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical modulation; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; optical tuning; stimulated Raman scattering; period multiplication; pump-probe spectroscopy; stimulated Raman scattering; synchronously-pumped optical parametric oscillator; tunable all-optical modulation; ultrafast pulses; Fiber nonlinear optics; Modulation; Optical feedback; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
