Title :
Adjustment-free femtosecond polarization-maintaining fiber lasers
Author :
Lin, Hong ; Donald, David K. ; Fortenberry, R.M. ; Perez, William H. ; Kellert, Forrest G. ; Newton, Steven A.
Author_Institution :
Hewlett Packard Labs., Palo Alto, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents a pulsed Er-fiber laser constructed with all-polarization-maintaining (PM) components that meet all needed requirements. It is adjustment-free, and operates in a turn-key fashion. The output pulse duration is 540 fs, and the timing jitter is 150 fs
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; jitter; optical fibre polarisation; 150 fs; 540 fs; adjustment-free; adjustment-free femtosecond polarization-maintaining fiber lasers; all-polarization-maintaining components; output pulse duration; pulsed Er-fiber laser; timing jitter; turn-key fashion; Chirp; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Power generation; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication. OFC 97., Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-480-7
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1997.719788
