DocumentCode
2753434
Title
Hybrid mode-locked thulium soliton fiber laser
Author
Haxsen, Frithjof ; Wandt, Dieter ; Morgner, Uwe ; Neumann, Joerg ; Kracht, Dietmar
Author_Institution
Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hannover, Germany
fYear
2011
fDate
9-13 Oct. 2011
Firstpage
885
Lastpage
886
Abstract
We report on pulse energy scaling of a thulium fiber laser mode-locked by nonlinear polarization evolution. By adding a semiconductor saturable absorber to the resonator the pulse energy could be significantly increased. Implementation of normal dispersion fiber led to shorter pulses.
Keywords
fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical fibre dispersion; optical saturable absorption; optical solitons; thulium; Tm; hybrid mode locked thulium soliton fiber laser; nonlinear polarization evolution; normal dispersion fiber; optical resonator; pulse energy scaling; semiconductor saturable absorber; Couplers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-8940-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110842
Filename
6110842
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