Title :
Femtosecond erbium-doped fiber lasers with large normal cavity dispersion
Author :
Chong, A. ; Liu, H. ; Renninger, W.H. ; Wise, F.W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
Abstract :
Femtosecond pulse generation by spectral filtering of a chirped pulse is demonstrated at 1550 nm. An erbium fiber laser with large normal dispersion and a spectral filter generates 200-fs and 1-nJ pulses.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; erbium; fibre lasers; optical fibre dispersion; optical filters; optical pulse generation; JkJk:Er; chirped pulse; energy 1 nJ; femtosecond erbium-doped fiber lasers; femtosecond pulse generation; large normal cavity dispersion; pulse generation; spectral filter; spectral filtering; time 200 fs; wavelength 1550 nm; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Filters; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Solitons; (320.5540) Pulse shaping; (320.7090) Ultrafast lasers;
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
