dc.contributor.author |
Leonhardt, Rainer |
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dc.contributor.author |
Biedermann, BR |
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dc.contributor.author |
Wieser, W |
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dc.contributor.author |
Huber, R |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2012-05-28T01:01:54Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2009 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Optics Express 17(19):16801-16808 2009 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1094-4087 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/18658 |
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dc.description.abstract |
We report on the highly efficient non-linear optical frequency conversion of the wavelength swept output from a Fourier Domain Mode Locked (FDML) laser. Different concepts for power scaling of FDML lasers by post-amplification with active fibers are presented. A two-stage post-amplification of an FDML laser with an amplification factor of 300 up to a peak power of 1.5 W is used to supply sufficient power levels for non-linear conversion. Using a single-mode dispersion shifted fiber (DSF), we convert this amplified output that covers the region between 1541 nm and 1545 nm to a wavelength range from 1572 nm to 1663 nm via modulation instability (MI). For this four wave mixing process we observe an efficiency of ~40%. The anti-Stokes signal between 1435 nm and 1516 nm was observed with lower conversion efficiency. In addition to shifting the wavelength, the effect of MI also enables a substantial increase in the wavelength sweep rate of the FDML laser by a factor of ~50 to 0.55 nm/ns. |
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dc.publisher |
Optical Society of America |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Optics Express |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Details obtained from http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/1094-4087/ |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.title |
Nonlinear optical frequency conversion of an amplified Fourier Domain Mode Locked (FDML) laser |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1364/OE.17.016801 |
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pubs.issue |
19 |
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pubs.begin-page |
16801 |
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pubs.volume |
17 |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: Optical Society of America |
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pubs.end-page |
16808 |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
90291 |
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pubs.org-id |
Science |
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pubs.org-id |
Physics |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2010-09-01 |
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