110 GHz rapid, continous tuning from an optical parametric oscillator pumped by a fiber-amplified DBR diode laser

I.D. Lindsay; B. Adhimoolam; P. Gross; M.E. Klein; Klaus J. Boller

doi:10.1364/OPEX.13.001234

110 GHz rapid, continous tuning from an optical parametric oscillator pumped by a fiber-amplified DBR diode laser

I.D. Lindsay, B. Adhimoolam, P. Gross, M.E. Klein, Klaus J. Boller

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A singly-resonant continuous-wave optical parametric oscillator (cw-OPO) pumped by a fiber-amplified diode laser is described. Tuning of the pump source allowed the OPO output to be tuned continuously, without mode-hops, over 110 GHz in 29 ms. Discontinuous pump tuning over 20 nm in the region of 3.4 µm was also obtained. The rapid and continuous idler tuning was demonstrated by the measurement of a methane absorption spectrum. We believe this to be the first example of a singly-resonant OPO pumped by a fiber-amplified diode laser and the mode-hop free tuning range to be the highest reported for a cw-OPO.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1234-1239
Number of pages	6
Journal	Optics express
Volume	13
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OPEX.13.001234
Publication status	Published - 2005

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110 GHz rapid, continous tuning from an optical parametric oscillator pumped by a fiber-amplified DBR diode laser

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