Title :
Pulse characteristics of a modelocked fiber laser
Author :
Haus, J.W. ; Hayduk, M. ; Kaechele, W. ; Shaulov, G. ; Teegarden, K. ; Theimer, J. ; Wicks, G.
Author_Institution :
Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., Troy, NY, USA
Abstract :
A compact, polarization insensitive, modelocked fiber laser using a GaInAs-AlInAs MQW as the saturable absorber mirror element was recently reported. Our erbium-doped fiber laser cavity consists of 2.5 m of heavily doped erbium fiber and is pumped at 990 nm with a MOPA laser diode
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; 2.5 m; 990 nm; GaInAs-AlInAs; GaInAs-AlInAs MQW saturable absorber mirror element; MOPA laser diode; compact polarization insensitive modelocked fiber laser; erbium-doped fiber laser cavity; heavily doped erbium fiber; modelocked fiber laser; optical pumping; pulse characteristics; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Mirrors; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Pump lasers; Quantum well devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4947-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1998.739478
