Title :
Environmentally-stable mode-locked Yb fiber laser composed of all polarization maintaining fiber with a broad tuning range
Author :
Sumimura, K. ; Yoshida, H. ; Okada, H. ; Fujita, H. ; Nakatsuka, M.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Laser Eng., Osaka Univ., Suita
Abstract :
Self mode-locked Ytterbium-doped fiber (YDF) ring-laser is presented that consisted of all polarization-maintaining (PM) fiber system, especially single-mode PM-YDF with side-hole type. Environmentally stable pulses and a wide tuning range of 60 nm were obtained.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser mode locking; light polarisation; ytterbium; Yb; mode-locked fiber laser; polarization-maintaining fiber system; ring-laser; wavelength 60 nm; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Laser tuning; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical ring resonators; Ring lasers; (140.3510) Lasers, fiber; (140.3560) Lasers, ring;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628026
