All-normal-dispersion femtosecond fiber laser

doi:10.1364/OE.14.010095

All-normal-dispersion femtosecond fiber laser

Andy Chong, Joel Buckley, Will Renninger, and Frank Wise »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 14, Issue 21, pp. 10095-10100 (2006)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.14.010095

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Abstract

We demonstrate a modelocked ytterbium (Yb)-doped fiber laser that is designed to have strong pulse-shaping based on spectral filtering of a highly-chirped pulse in the cavity. This laser generates femtosecond pulses without a dispersive delay line or anomalous dispersion in the cavity. Pulses as short as 170 fs, with pulse energy up to 3 nJ, are produced.

OCIS Codes
(140.7090) Lasers and laser optics : Ultrafast lasers
(320.5540) Ultrafast optics : Pulse shaping
(320.7090) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast lasers

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Ultrafast Optics

History
Original Manuscript: July 14, 2006
Revised Manuscript: August 12, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: August 23, 2006
Published: October 16, 2006

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Andy Chong, Joel Buckley, Will Renninger, and Frank Wise, "All-normal-dispersion femtosecond fiber laser," Opt. Express 14, 10095-10100 (2006)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-14-21-10095

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R. L. Fork, O. E. Martinez, and J. P. Gordon, "Negative dispersion using pairs of prisms," Opt. Lett. 9, 150-152 (1984). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
E. B. Treacy, "Optical pulse compression with diffraction gratings," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-5, 454-458 (1969). [CrossRef]
R. Szipocs, K. Ferencz, C. Spielmann, and F. Krausz, "Chirped multilayer coatings for broadband dispersion control in femtosecond lasers," Opt. Lett. 19, 201-203 (1994). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
O. E. Martinez, R. L. Fork, and J. P. Gordon, "Theory of passively mode-locked laser including self-phase modulation and group-velocity dispersion," Opt. Lett. 9, 156-158 (1984). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
H. A. Haus, J. G. Fujimoto, and E. P. Ippen, "Analytic theory of additive pulse and Kerr lens mode locking," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 28, 2086-2096 (1992). [CrossRef]
B. Proctor, E. Westwig, and F. Wise, "Operation of a Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser with positive group-velocity dispersion," Opt. Lett. 18, 1654-1656 (1993). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
S. M. J. Kelly, "Characteristic sideband instability of periodically amplified average soliton," Electron. Lett. 28, 806-807 (1992). [CrossRef]
K. Tamura, E. P. Ippen, H. A. Haus, and L. E. Nelson, "77-fs pulse generation from a stretched-pulse mode-locked all-fiber ring laser," Opt. Lett. 18, 1080-1082 (1993). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
F. O. Ilday, J. R. Buckley, W. G. Clark, and F. W. Wise, "Self-similar evolution of parabolic pulses in a laser," Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 213902-1-213902-4 (2004). [CrossRef]
F. O. Ilday, J. R. Buckley, H. Lim, F. W. Wise, and W. G. Clark, "Generation of 50-fs, 5-nJ pulses at 1.03 m from a wave-breaking-free fiber laser," Opt. Lett. 28, 1365-1367 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
J. R. Buckley, F.W. Wise, F. O. Ilday, and T. Sosnowski, "Femtosecond fiber lasers with pulse energies above 10 nJ," Opt. Lett. 30, 1888-1890 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
H. Lim, F. O. Ilday, and F.W. Wise, "Femtosecond ytterbium fiber laser with photonic crystal fiber for dispersion control," Opt. Express 10, 1497-1502 (2002). [PubMed]
A. V. Avdkhin, S. W. Popov, and J. R. Taylor, "Totally fiber integrated, figure-of-eight, femtosecond source at 1065 nm," Opt. Express 11, 265-269 (2003). [CrossRef]
I. Hartl, G. Imeshev, L. Dong, G. C. Cho, and M. E. Fermann, "Ultra-compact dispersion compensated femtosecond fiber oscillators and amplifiers," Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2005, Baltimore, MD, paper CThG1.
J. R. Buckley, A. Chong, S. Zhou, W. H. Renninger, and F. W. Wise, unpublished.
H. Lim, F. O. Ilday, and F. W. Wise, "Generation of 2-nJ pulses from a femtosecond ytterbium fiber laser," Opt. Lett. 28, 660-662 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

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[1] R. L. Fork, O. E. Martinez, and J. P. Gordon, "Negative dispersion using pairs of prisms," Opt. Lett. 9, 150-152 (1984). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[2] E. B. Treacy, "Optical pulse compression with diffraction gratings," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-5, 454-458 (1969). [CrossRef]

[3] R. Szipocs, K. Ferencz, C. Spielmann, and F. Krausz, "Chirped multilayer coatings for broadband dispersion control in femtosecond lasers," Opt. Lett. 19, 201-203 (1994). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[4] O. E. Martinez, R. L. Fork, and J. P. Gordon, "Theory of passively mode-locked laser including self-phase modulation and group-velocity dispersion," Opt. Lett. 9, 156-158 (1984). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[5] H. A. Haus, J. G. Fujimoto, and E. P. Ippen, "Analytic theory of additive pulse and Kerr lens mode locking," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 28, 2086-2096 (1992). [CrossRef]

[6] B. Proctor, E. Westwig, and F. Wise, "Operation of a Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser with positive group-velocity dispersion," Opt. Lett. 18, 1654-1656 (1993). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[7] S. M. J. Kelly, "Characteristic sideband instability of periodically amplified average soliton," Electron. Lett. 28, 806-807 (1992). [CrossRef]

[8] K. Tamura, E. P. Ippen, H. A. Haus, and L. E. Nelson, "77-fs pulse generation from a stretched-pulse mode-locked all-fiber ring laser," Opt. Lett. 18, 1080-1082 (1993). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[9] F. O. Ilday, J. R. Buckley, W. G. Clark, and F. W. Wise, "Self-similar evolution of parabolic pulses in a laser," Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 213902-1-213902-4 (2004). [CrossRef]

[10] F. O. Ilday, J. R. Buckley, H. Lim, F. W. Wise, and W. G. Clark, "Generation of 50-fs, 5-nJ pulses at 1.03 m from a wave-breaking-free fiber laser," Opt. Lett. 28, 1365-1367 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[11] J. R. Buckley, F.W. Wise, F. O. Ilday, and T. Sosnowski, "Femtosecond fiber lasers with pulse energies above 10 nJ," Opt. Lett. 30, 1888-1890 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[12] H. Lim, F. O. Ilday, and F.W. Wise, "Femtosecond ytterbium fiber laser with photonic crystal fiber for dispersion control," Opt. Express 10, 1497-1502 (2002). [PubMed]

[13] A. V. Avdkhin, S. W. Popov, and J. R. Taylor, "Totally fiber integrated, figure-of-eight, femtosecond source at 1065 nm," Opt. Express 11, 265-269 (2003). [CrossRef]

[14] I. Hartl, G. Imeshev, L. Dong, G. C. Cho, and M. E. Fermann, "Ultra-compact dispersion compensated femtosecond fiber oscillators and amplifiers," Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2005, Baltimore, MD, paper CThG1.

[15] J. R. Buckley, A. Chong, S. Zhou, W. H. Renninger, and F. W. Wise, unpublished.

[16] H. Lim, F. O. Ilday, and F. W. Wise, "Generation of 2-nJ pulses from a femtosecond ytterbium fiber laser," Opt. Lett. 28, 660-662 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

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