title: Generation of 400 μW at 17.5 μm using a two-color Yb fiber chirped pulse amplifier.
abstract: We have demonstrated the generation of 400 μW of power at ~18 μm by difference-frequency mixing the 1038 and 1105 nm from a two-color, chirped pulse amplification Yb fiber system. A two-color seed is selected from a continuum source and amplified to 300 mW of total power in a two-stage Yb fiber amplifier.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Guelph-Waterloo Physics Institute, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue W, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Al-Kadry
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Strickland