Femtosecond ytterbium fiber laser with photonic crystal fiber for dispersion control
Optics Express, Vol. 10, Issue 25, pp. 1497-1502 (2002)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.10.001497
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Abstract
We demonstrate the use of photonic-crystal fiber for dispersion compensation in a soliton fiber laser. The anomalous dispersion provided by the photonic-crystal fiber enables us to construct a femtosecond fiber laser at 1 μm wavelength without prisms or diffraction gratings. The laser produces ~100-fs pulses with 1 nJ energy, and is a major step toward environmentally-stable all-fiber devices at 1 μm.
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OCIS Codes
(140.3510) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, fiber
(320.7090) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast lasers
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History
Original Manuscript: November 11, 2002
Revised Manuscript: December 9, 2002
Published: December 16, 2002
Citation
H. Lim, F. Ilday, and F. Wise, "Femtosecond ytterbium fiber laser with photonic crystal fiber for dispersion control," Opt. Express 10, 1497-1502 (2002)
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