PPMgLN-Based high-power optical parametric oscillator pumped by Yb 3+-Doped fiber amplifier incorporates active pulse shaping

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 385-392

  Shen, Yonghang ^a   Alam, Shaif Ul ^b   Kang Chen, Kang ^b   Lin, Dejiao ^b   Cai, Shuangshuang ^a,c   Wu, Bo ^a   Jiang, Peipei ^a   Malinowski, Andrew ^b   Richardson, David J ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Optical fiber lasers; Optical parametric oscillators (OPOs); Periodically poled magnesium oxide doped lithium niobate (PPMgLN); Pulsed lasers

Indexed keywords

DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS; DYNAMIC GAINS; EXTERNAL MODULATORS; FIBER MASTER OSCILLATORS; HIGH-POWER; IDLER PULSE; LINEARLY POLARIZED; NON LINEARITIES; OPTICAL FIBER LASERS; OUTPUT POWER; PERIODICALLY POLED MAGNESIUM-OXIDE-DOPED LITHIUM NIOBATE (PPMGLN); POWER-SCALING; PULSE-SHAPING; PULSED LASERS; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; SPECTRAL BANDWIDTHS;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBERS; LASERS; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; YTTERBIUM;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

AMPLIFIERS; ELECTRIC CIRCUITS; FIBER OPTICS; LASERS; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OSCILLATORS; PRINTING PLATES;

EID: 64549126885     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2008.2010412     Document Type: Article

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