title: Optical parametric oscillator with a pulse repetition rate of 39 GHz and 2.1-W signal average output power in the spectral region near 1.5 microm.
abstract: We present a singly resonant, synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator with a record-high repetition rate of 39 GHz. The transform-limited 2.2-ps pulses at 1570 nm have as much as 2.1-W average output power. The all-solid-state pump source is based on a diode-pumped passively mode-locked 39-GHz Nd:YVO4 laser and an efficient ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Quantum Electronics, Department of Physics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), ETH Zürich Hönggerberg, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 16, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland. lecomte@phys.ethz.ch
authors.forename: Steve
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authors.lastname: Lecomte
authors.forename: Rüdiger
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authors.lastname: Paschotta
authors.forename: Susanne
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authors.lastname: Pawlik
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authors.lastname: Schmidt
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authors.lastname: Furusawa
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authors.lastname: Malinowski
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