%0 Journal Article %1 KrauthSteinmann13 %A Krauth, Joachim %A Steinmann, Andy %A Hegenbarth, Robin %A Conforti, Matteo %A Giessen, Harald %D 2013 %I OSA %J Opt. Express %K myown %N 9 %P 11516--11522 %R 10.1364/OE.21.011516 %T Broadly tunable femtosecond near- and mid-IR source by direct pumping of an OPA with a 41.7 MHz Yb:KGW oscillator %U http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-21-9-11516 %V 21 %X We generate over half a watt of tunable near-IR (1380-1830 nm) and several hundred milliwatts in the mid-IR (2.4-4.2 µm) as well as milliwatt level mid-IR (4.85-9.33 µm) femtosecond radiation by pumping an optical parametric amplifier directly with a 7.4 W Yb:KGW oscillator at 41.7 MHz repetition rate. We use 5 mm PPLN and 2 mm GaSe as downconversion crystals and seed this process by a supercontinuum from a tapered fiber. The system is extremely simple and very stable and could replace more complex OPOs as tunable light sources.

@article{KrauthSteinmann13, abstract = {We generate over half a watt of tunable near-IR (1380-1830 nm) and several hundred milliwatts in the mid-IR (2.4-4.2 µm) as well as milliwatt level mid-IR (4.85-9.33 µm) femtosecond radiation by pumping an optical parametric amplifier directly with a 7.4 W Yb:KGW oscillator at 41.7 MHz repetition rate. We use 5 mm PPLN and 2 mm GaSe as downconversion crystals and seed this process by a supercontinuum from a tapered fiber. The system is extremely simple and very stable and could replace more complex OPOs as tunable light sources.}, added-at = {2021-02-23T13:00:20.000+0100}, author = {Krauth, Joachim and Steinmann, Andy and Hegenbarth, Robin and Conforti, Matteo and Giessen, Harald}, biburl = {https://puma.ub.uni-stuttgart.de/bibtex/2aac922f3d28b50c0ec750a89b27b2b98/andy.steinmann}, doi = {10.1364/OE.21.011516}, interhash = {2982bbbe2bdf180825b2ffb01097093c}, intrahash = {aac922f3d28b50c0ec750a89b27b2b98}, journal = {Opt. Express}, keywords = {myown}, month = may, number = 9, pages = {11516--11522}, publisher = {OSA}, timestamp = {2021-02-23T12:00:20.000+0100}, title = {Broadly tunable femtosecond near- and mid-IR source by direct pumping of an OPA with a 41.7 MHz Yb:KGW oscillator}, url = {http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-21-9-11516}, volume = 21, year = 2013 }