Title :
Subpicosecond Soliton Outputs from an Entirely Normal-Dispersion Fiber Laser
Author :
Lou, Janet W. ; Currie, Marc ; Fatemi, Fredrik K.
Author_Institution :
Naval Res. Lab., Washington
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate chirped solitary pulses from an entirely normal dispersion mode-locked Yb-doped fiber laser. Using frequency-resolved optical gating, we study the pulse amplitude and phase before and after the mode-locker and after pulse compression.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; optical pulse compression; optical pulse shaping; optical solitons; ytterbium; Yb; chirped solitary pulses; entirely normal dispersion mode-locked fiber laser; frequency-resolved optical gating; pulse amplitude; pulse compression; subpicosecond soliton; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Pulse compression methods;
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.2007.4452645
