title: Optical parametric oscillator with a 10-GHz repetition rate and 100-mW average output power in the spectral region near 1.5 mum.
abstract: We demonstrate a synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator that emits picosecond pulses at an ~1.55-mum wavelength with a repetition rate as a high as 10 GHz and as much as 100 mW of average power. It is pumped with a diode-pumped passively mode-locked 10-GHz Nd:YVO(4) laser. Because of its high repetition rate and its potential for ultrabroad tunability, this kind of system is useful for telecom applications. It should be scalable to 40 GHz and higher as required for future telecom networks.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lecomte
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Krainer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Paschotta
authors.forename: M J P
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Dymott
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Weingarten
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Keller