Title :
All-fiber optically synchronized hybrid Er/Yb laser system for high power femtosecond pulse generation
Author :
Andrianov, A.V. ; Anashkina, E.A. ; Muravyev, S.V. ; Kim, A.V.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Appl. Phys., Russian Acad. of Sci., Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Abstract :
The paper presents a novel design of an all-fiber hybrid erbium laser/ytterbium amplifier system for high power femtosecond pulse generation. Experimental setup consists of a passively mode locked femtosecond Er:fiber oscillator, a diode pumped Er-doped fiber amplifier, a single-mode fiber used as a nonlinear pulse compressor, a silica dispersion shifted fiber (DSF) for wavelength conversion, and a diode pumped two stage Yb-doped high power amplifier. Additionally, a free space grating pair compressor is used to shorten the output pulse to its transform limited duration.
Keywords :
erbium; laser mode locking; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; optical wavelength conversion; ytterbium; all-fiber optically synchronized hybrid laser system; diode pumped fiber amplifier; dispersion shifted fiber; free space grating pair compressor; high power amplifier; high power femtosecond pulse generation; nonlinear pulse compressor; passively mode locked femtosecond fiber oscillator; single mode fiber; wavelength conversion; Frequency conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942895
