• DocumentCode
    3005779
  • 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
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452643
  • Filename
    4452643