Title :
91 fs pulses from an Yb-doped figure-eight fiber-laser dispersion compensated with higher-order-mode fiber
Author :
Nicholson, J.W. ; Ramachandran, S. ; Ghalmi, S.
Author_Institution :
OFS Lab., Somerset
Abstract :
Modelocking in Yb-doped figure-eight fiber lasers is demonstrated utilizing dispersion compensation from a higher-order-mode module with anomalous dispersion. Pulses were compressed to 91 fs. the shortest demonstrated pulses for a Yb-doped figure-eight fiber laser.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; optical fibre dispersion; anomalous dispersion; dispersion compensation; figure-eight fiber laser modelocking; figure-eight fiber-laser dispersion; higher-order-mode fiber; Dispersion; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pump lasers; Ring lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452643
