A microstructure-fiber-based 10-GHz synchronized tunable optical parametric oscillator in the 1550-nm regime

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1058-1060

  Lasri, Jacob ^a   Devgan, Preetpaul ^a   Tang, Renyong ^a   Sharping, Jay E ^a   Kumar, Prem ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical parametric oscillators; Optical pulse generation; Supercontinuum generation (SCG)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; GAIN MEASUREMENT; LASER TUNING; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIXER CIRCUITS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SYNCHRONIZATION;

SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION (SCG);

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0043026694     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.815333     Document Type: Article

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