FIBER OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS
E. A. Zlobina, S. I. Kablukov
Institute of Automation and Electrometry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences,
pr. Akademika Koptyuga 1, Novosibirsk, 630090 Russia
Keywords: fiber optical parametric oscillator, frequency conversion, four-wave mixing, photonics-crystal fiber, phase matching condition
Subsection: FIBER OPTICS
Abstract
Recent results of experimental investigations of parametric conversion of electromagnetic radiation in fibers are presented. The main attention is paid to the description of continuous-wave (CW) and pulse fiber optical parametric oscillators (FOPOs) operating in the spectral range from 0.5 to 2 µm. Requirements to obtaining effective generation and possible problems in FOPO design are discussed. Results of the development of a CW tunable FOPO with pump by an ytterbium-doped fiber laser, which allows generation of radiation with wavelengths shorter than 1 µm, are considered in detail.
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