μJ-level normal-dispersion fiber optical chirped-pulse parametric oscillator

Abstract

We demonstrate the generation of broadband tunable and synchronized pulses exceeding the microjoule level using the new concept of Fiber Optical Parametric Chirped-Pulse Oscillation (FOPCPO). The oscillator is based on a collapsed-ends photonic crystal fiber pumped in the normal dispersion regime by an ytterbium fiber laser delivering highly-chirped pulses. The experimental results are compared with the results of numerical simulations and highlight that the feedback ratio appears as a key parameter for optimizing the system’s efficiency and dynamics.

Keywords

• parametric sources
• nonlinear fibers
• fiber laser
• ultrafast laser
• parametric oscillator
• fopcpo