Title :
High average power harmonically mode locked ring laser based on phosphate glass fiber
Author :
Panasenko, Dmitriy ; Polynkin, Pavel ; Polynkin, Alexander ; Moloney, Jerome ; Mansuripur, Masud ; Peyghambarian, N.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. Sci., Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
We report passive harmonic mode locking of Er/Yr doped phosphate fiber ring laser. The laser can be mode-locked at repetition rates from 1.7 to 7.2 GHz producing pulses with durations from 300 fs to 570 fs and 1.1 W of average power.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; glass fibres; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; phosphate glasses; ring lasers; ytterbium; 1.1 W; 1.7 to 7.2 GHz; 300 to 570 fs; Er/Yr doped phosphate fiber; passive harmonic mode locking; pulse generation; ring laser; Fiber lasers; Glass; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Ring lasers; Solitons; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215748
