Title :
Generation of 400-fs solitons with 2-MHz repetition rate by a Yb-fiber laser
Author :
Zhou, Shian ; Ouzounov, Dimitre G. ; Sinclair, Charles ; Wise, Frank W.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
Abstract :
We study the minimum repetition rate achievable with a Yb fiber laser. We find that a cavity with large anomalous dispersion generates 400-fs, near-transform-limited pulses at repetition rate of 2 MHz
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse generation; optical solitons; ytterbium; 400 fs; cavity dispersion; femtosecond Yb-fiber laser; low-repetition rate laser; near-transform-limited pulses; soliton generation; Autocorrelation; Fiber lasers; Laser theory; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Physics; Pulse amplifiers; Ring lasers; Solitons; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.278984
