Widely tunable picosecond optical parametric oscillator using highly nonlinear fiber

Opt Lett. 2009 Apr 1;34(7):989-91. doi: 10.1364/ol.34.000989.

Abstract

We demonstrated a fully fiber-integrated widely tunable picosecond optical parametric oscillator based on highly nonlinear fiber. The ring cavity with a 50 m highly nonlinear fiber was synchronously pumped with a picosecond mode-locked fiber laser. The tuning range was from 1413 to 1543 nm and from 1573 to 1695 nm, which was as wide as 250 nm. A high-quality pulse was generated with a pulse width narrower than that of the pump.