May 1, 2015 / Vol. 40, No. 9 / OPTICS LETTERS
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All-fiber bidirectional optical parametric oscillator for precision sensing R. Gowda,1 N. Nguyen,1 J.-C. Diels,2 R. A. Norwood,1 N. Peyghambarian,1 and K. Kieu1,* 1
College of Optical Sciences, The University of Arizona, 1630 E. University Blvd., Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA 2 Physics Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA *Corresponding author: [email protected] Received December 19, 2014; revised April 7, 2015; accepted April 7, 2015; posted April 8, 2015 (Doc. ID 231175); published April 24, 2015
We present the design and operation of an all-fiber, synchronously pumped, bidirectional optical parametric oscillator (OPO) for precision sensing applications. The fiber-based OPO (FOPO) generates two frequency combs with identical repetition rates but different carrier offset frequencies. A narrow beatnote was observed with full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) linewidth of
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All-fiber bidirectional optical parametric oscillator for precision sensing R. Gowda,1 N. Nguyen,1 J.-C. Diels,2 R. A. Norwood,1 N. Peyghambarian,1 and K. Kieu1,* 1
College of Optical Sciences, The University of Arizona, 1630 E. University Blvd., Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA 2 Physics Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA *Corresponding author: [email protected] Received December 19, 2014; revised April 7, 2015; accepted April 7, 2015; posted April 8, 2015 (Doc. ID 231175); published April 24, 2015
We present the design and operation of an all-fiber, synchronously pumped, bidirectional optical parametric oscillator (OPO) for precision sensing applications. The fiber-based OPO (FOPO) generates two frequency combs with identical repetition rates but different carrier offset frequencies. A narrow beatnote was observed with full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) linewidth of
