Title :
Spectrally breathing femtosecond pulses from an Er-doped fiber laser
Author :
Oktem, B. ; Ulgudur, C. ; Ilday, F.O.
Author_Institution :
Mater. Sci. & Nanotechnol. Inst., Bilkent Univ., Ankara
Abstract :
We report order-of-magnitude spectral breathing in a dispersion-managed Er-fiber laser with an intracavity bandpass filter. This is to our knowledge the highest of any laser reported. Pulse energy is 1.7 nJ, width is 110 fs.
Keywords :
band-pass filters; erbium; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre filters; JkJk:Er; dispersion-managed erbium doped fiber laser; energy 1.7 nJ; intracavity bandpass filter; laser pulse energy; laser pulse width; order-of-magnitude spectral breathing; spectrally breathing femtosecond pulses; time 110 fs; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Laser stability; Laser theory; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Space vector pulse width modulation; (060.7140) Ultrafast processes in fibers; (140.3510) Lasers, fiber;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
