Difference-frequency generation of spectrally bright, ∼1W average-power mid-IR radiation using a ns-pulse fiber laser
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Belden, Paul; Chen, DaWun; Di Teodoro, Fabio
- Source
- 2015 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on. :1-2 May, 2015
- Subject
- General Topics for Engineers
Photonics and Electrooptics
Optical fiber amplifiers
Optical fiber polarization
Optical fiber sensors
Optical pumping
Optical pulses
- Language
- ISSN
- 2160-8989
We obtained average power/pulse energy of ∼1W/5μJ at ∼3520nm wavelength via difference-frequency generation in periodically poled lithium niobate using an all-fiber, few-ns pulsed laser source operating at 1064nm and a 10mW continuous-wave 1525 nm single-frequency diode laser.