title: Octave-spanning, high-power microstructure-fiber-based optical parametric oscillators.
abstract: We investigate femtosecond optical parametric oscillators (OPO's) based on short pieces of microstructure fiber that generate sub-picosecond pulses with record average output power (50 mW) and >200 nm of wavelength tunability (yellow to near-IR). Signal and conjugate (idler)fields spanning an octave are also demonstrated. These systems can operate with a wide range of microstructure fibers, pump laser wavelengths and pulse durations, and our analysis shows that in terms of wavelength tunability and output power using short (less than a few cm's) optical fibers leads to performance that is superior to that with longer lengths.
authors.forename: Jay E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Sharping
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.forename: Alexander L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Gaeta
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lasri
authors.forename: Ove
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lyngnes
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vogel