Sub-50 fs pulses around 2070 nm from a synchronously-pumped, degenerate OPO

Opt Express. 2012 Dec 3;20(25):27589-95. doi: 10.1364/OE.20.027589.

Abstract

We report generation of 48 fs pulses at a center wavelength of 2070 nm using a degenerate optical parametric oscillator (OPO) synchronously-pumped with a commercially available 36-MHz, femtosecond, mode-locked, Yb-doped fiber laser. The spectral bandwidth of the output is ~137 nm, corresponding to a theoretical, transform-limited pulse width of 33 fs. The threshold of the OPO is less than 10 mW of average pump power. By tuning the cavity length, the output spectrum covers a spectral width of more than 400 nm, limited only by the bandwidth of the cavity mirrors.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Equipment Design
  • Lasers, Solid-State*
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Oscillometry / instrumentation*
  • Oscillometry / methods*
  • Refractometry / instrumentation
  • Refractometry / methods
  • Transducers
  • Ytterbium / chemistry

Substances

  • Ytterbium