Widely-tunable mid-infrared frequency comb source based on difference frequency generation.

نویسندگان

  • Axel Ruehl
  • Alessio Gambetta
  • Ingmar Hartl
  • Martin E Fermann
  • Kjeld S E Eikema
  • Marco Marangoni
چکیده

We report on a mid-IR frequency comb source of unprecedented tunability covering the entire 3-10 μm molecular fingerprint region. The system is based on difference frequency generation in a GaSe crystal pumped by a 151 MHz Yb:fiber frequency comb. The process was seeded with Raman-shifted solitons generated in a highly nonlinear suspended-core fiber with the same source. Average powers up to 1.5 mW were achieved at the 4.7 μm wavelength.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Optics letters

دوره 37 12  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012