A tunable fiber parametric oscillator for the 2 μm wavelength range employing an intra-cavity thulium doped fiber active filter

• Published in: Optics communications Vol. 284; no. 21; pp. 5218 - 5220
• Main Authors: Gershikov, A., Lasri, J., Sacks, Z., Eisenstein, G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01-10-2011
• Subjects: Doped fibers; Fiber; Fibers; Oscillations; Oscillator; Oscillators; Parametric; Parametric oscillators; Pumps; Thulium; Wavelengths; Thulium; Parametric; Oscillator; Fiber
• ISSN: 0030-4018; 1873-0310
• DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2011.07.043

We report an efficient fiber parametric oscillator operating in the wavelengths range of 1.97
μm to 2.14
μm. The oscillator is based on narrow band parametric amplification and employs a thulium doped fiber placed at the loops end as an intra-cavity active filter. The filter eliminates any signal generated by stimulated Raman scattering which inherently accompanies the parametric process. Short wavelength parametric oscillations and the pump signal are also absorbed. Only the long wavelength parametric oscillations can build up in the resonantly pumped system which emits 4
ns pulses at ~
1
MHz with a maximum peak pulse power of 20
W.