Title :
Stretched-pulse fiber laser mode-locked with dispersive saturable absorber mirror
Author :
Guina, M. ; Xiang, N. ; Vainionpaa, A. ; Suomalainen, S. ; Lyytikainen, J. ; Orsila, L. ; Okhotnikov, O.G. ; Sajavaara, T.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectronics Res. Centre, Tampere Univ. of Technol., Finland
Abstract :
Summary from only given. We demonstrate for the first time that a dispersive saturable absorption mirror (D-SAM) with positive group velocity dispersion (GVD) can be used for implementing a short cavity stretched-pulse fiber laser without employing dispersion compensating fiber. Changing the amount of negative dispersion, accomplished by the wavelength tuning, allows for direct comparison of pulse energy extraction in the soliton supporting dispersion regime and in stretched pulse mode-locking regime.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical fibre dispersion; optical solitons; negative dispersion; positive group velocity dispersion; pulse energy extraction; short cavity stretched-pulse fiber laser; soliton supporting dispersion regime; stretched pulse mode-locking regime; wavelength tuning; Dispersion; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical solitons; Ring lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-706-7
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1034278
