Title :
Stretched-pulse operation of a thulium-doped fiber laser with a fiber-based dispersion management
Author :
Wienke, Andreas ; Haxsen, Frithjof ; Wandt, Dieter ; Morgner, Uwe ; Neumann, Jörg ; Kracht, Dietmar
Author_Institution :
Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hannover, Germany
Abstract :
A normal-dispersion fiber was used for dispersion management in an ultrafast thulium-doped fiber laser. The laser provided pulse durations below 130 fs with an external pulse compression. The experimental results could be numerically verified.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse compression; thulium; external pulse compression; fiber-based dispersion management; laser pulse durations; normal-dispersion fiber; stretched-pulse operation; ultrafast thulium-doped fiber laser; Correlation; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
