Subpicosecond fiber-based soliton-tuned mid-infrared source in the 97–149 μm wavelength region
- 22 June 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 35 (13) , 2179-2181
Abstract
We present a fiber-based mid-IR source of ultrafast laser pulses tunable in the spectral region based on difference-frequency mixing between an Er:fiber laser and a first-order frequency-shifted soliton pulse. We have measured subpicosecond pulses at a repetition rate of , with a maximum power of .
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Funding Information
- Office of Naval Research
- Presidential Early Career Award for Science and Engineering
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