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
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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