Multiwatt level output powers from a tunable fiber optical parametric oscillator

We present an all-fiber high average power fiber optical parametric oscillator based on standard telecommunications dispersion-shifted fiber. The output of the oscillator is continuously tunable out to ±28 THz from the pump wavelength. The average power of the oscillator's output is in excess of 1.9 W in each sideband out to ±25 THz detuning. Between 5 and 14 THz detuning, the average power of the Stokes output is in excess of 3.8 W.