High-power frequency comb source tunable from 2.7 to 4.2 μm based on difference frequency generation pumped by an Yb-doped fiber laser

G Soboń, T Martynkien, P Mergo, L Rutkowski… - Optics letters, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate a broadband mid-infrared (MIR) frequency comb source based on
difference frequency generation (DFG) in periodically poled lithium niobate crystal. MIR …

Energetic ultrafast fiber laser sources tunable in 1030–1215 nm for deep tissue multi-photon microscopy

W Liu, SH Chia, HY Chung, R Greinert, FX Kärtner… - Optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate an energy scalable approach to implement ultrafast fiber laser sources
suitable for deep tissue multi-photon microscopy imaging. Enabled by fiber-optic …

All-fiber femtosecond laser providing 9 nJ, 50 MHz pulses at 1650 nm for three-photon microscopy

P Cadroas, L Abdeladim, L Kotov, M Likhachev… - Journal of …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The spectral window lying between 1.6 and 1.7 μm is interesting for in-depth multiphoton
microscopy of intact tissues due to reduced scattering and absorption in this wavelength …

Generation of sub-100 fs pulses tunable from 1700 to 2100 nm from a compact frequency-shifted Er-fiber laser

G Soboń, T Martynkien, K Tarnowski, P Mergo… - Photonics …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We report generation of sub-100 fs pulses tunable from 1700 to 2100 nm via Raman soliton
self-frequency shift. The nonlinear shift occurs in a highly nonlinear fiber, which is pumped …

Broadband High-Energy All-Fiber Laser at 1.6 m

J Kang, C Kong, P Feng, X Wei, ZC Luo… - IEEE Photonics …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A broadband high-energy all-fiber laser at 1.6-μm window with erbium-doped fiber mode
locked by nonlinear polarization rotation technology is demonstrated. The direct output …

Ultra-short pulse fiber optical parametric oscillator

T Gottschall, J Limpert, A Tünnermann - Optics Letters, 2017 - opg.optica.org
This work explores the frequency conversion and generation of short pulses with an optical
parametric oscillator based on micro-structured fibers. Depending on the operation regime …

Experimental investigation of polarization-imbalanced nonlinear loop mirror with double-sense twisted fiber as a filter to clean up solitons

LA Rodríguez-Morales, I Armas-Rivera… - Journal of …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
In the present work, we report the implementation of a novel polarization-imbalanced NOLM
for soliton cleaning. The NOLM consists of a nearly symmetrical coupler with a 51/49 …

Efficient generation of all-fiber femtosecond pulses at 1.7 via soliton self-frequency shift

X Fang, Z Wang, L Zhan - Optical Engineering, 2017 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Soliton self-frequency shift (SSFS) is a nonlinear effect that generates wavelength-shifted
laser pulses in optical fibers. Based on SSFS, we report the generation of ultrashort pulses …

1.61–1.85 m Tunable All-Fiber Raman Soliton Source Using a Phosphor-Doped Fiber Pumped by 1.56 m Dissipative Solitons

Q Ruan, Z Luo, X Wan, R Yang, Z Wang… - IEEE Photonics …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We demonstrate soliton self-frequency shift (SSFS) of more than 15.5% of the optical
frequency in a phosphor-doped silica fiber for the first time. This fiber shows great potential …

Spectral characterization of a supercontinuum source based on nonlinear broadening in an aqueous K2ZnCl4 salt solution

TS Robinson, S Patankar, E Floyd, NH Stuart… - Applied Optics, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We report on investigations concerning the shot-to-shot spectral stability properties of a
supercontinuum source based on nonlinear processes such as self-phase modulation and …