Title :
All fiber self-similar chirped-pulse amplifier for directly writing single polarization photonic crystal waveguide
Author :
Sijia Wang ; Yuerong Wang ; Bowen Liu ; Minglie Hu ; Lu Chai ; Chingyue Wang
Author_Institution :
Ultrafast Laser Lab., Tianjin Univ., Tianjin, China
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
A fiber-based amplifier seeded by similaritons producing uniform transform-limited pulses with variable repetition-rate is demonstrated. Employing this, a photonic crystal waveguide is written inside fused silica, supporting ~248-μm2 mode area and ~ 10-dB polarization-extinction-ratio.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre polarisation; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; all fiber self-similar chirped-pulse amplifier; fiber-based amplifier; fused silica; polarization-extinction-ratio; similaritons; single polarization photonic crystal waveguide; uniform transform-limited pulses; variable repetition-rate; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Photonic crystals; Waveguide lasers; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600149
