Fractional-length sync-pumped degenerate optical parametric oscillator for 500-MHz 3-mu m mid-infrared frequency comb generation

    Authors

    K. A. Ingold; A. Marandi; C. W. Rudy; K. L. Vodopyanov;R. L. Byer

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Lett.

    Keywords

    HIGH-REPETITION-RATE; ALL-SOLID-STATE; FS PULSES; LASER; GHZ; NM; Optics

    Abstract

    We demonstrate a mid-IR frequency comb centered at 3120 nm with 650-nm (20-THz) bandwidth at a comb-teeth spacing of 500 MHz. The generated comb is based on a compact ring-type synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator (SPOPO) operating at degeneracy and pumped by a mode-locked Er-doped 1560 nm fiber laser at a repetition rate of 100 MHz. We achieve high-repetition rate by using a fractional-length cavity with a roundtrip length of 60 cm, which is one-fifth of the length dictated by conventional synchronous pumping. (C) 2014 Optical Society of America

    Journal Title

    Optics Letters

    Volume

    39

    Issue/Number

    4

    Publication Date

    1-1-2014

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    900

    Last Page

    903

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000331798000046

    ISSN

    0146-9592

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