title: Synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator driven by a femtosecond mode-locked fiber laser.
abstract: A femtosecond all-fiber laser source incorporating a cw mode-locked Yb-doped silica fiber oscillator and amplifier has been used to synchronously pump an optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled lithium niobate. The signal output, consisting of 330-fs pulses at a 54-MHz repetition rate and average powers up to 90 mW, was tuned from 1.55 to 1.95microm , with a corresponding idler range of 2.30-3.31microm .
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: O'Connor
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Shepherd
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Hanna
authors.forename: J H V
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Malinowski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nilsson
authors.forename: N G R
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Broderick
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Richardson
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lefort