Watt-level, tunable, fiber-laser-pumped picosecond parametric source for the near-infrared

Abstract

We demonstrate a tunable picosecond source providing up to 3.5 W over 752-860 nm, with a power stability of 1.6% rms over 14 hours using intracavity frequency-doubling in optical-parametric-oscillator synchronously pumped by a Yb-fiber laser.