Title :
Femtosecond Soliton Mode-Locked Laser Based on Ytterbium-Doped Photonic Bandgap Fiber
Author :
Isomaki, A. ; Okhotnikov, O.G.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Tampere Univ. of Technol.
Abstract :
Here we report on the first demonstration of a mode-locked laser using an ytterbium-doped photonic bandgap (Yb-PBG) fiber as the gain medium and a dispersion compensator. We show that using semiconductor saturable absorber mirror together with the Yb-PBG fiber allows for self-starting mode-locked laser around 1-mum wavelength range
Keywords :
fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; laser mode locking; mirrors; optical fibre dispersion; optical materials; optical saturable absorption; optical solitons; photonic band gap; ytterbium; 1 micron; Yb-PBG fiber; dispersion compensator; femtosecond soliton mode-locked laser; gain medium; self-starting mode-locked laser; semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; ytterbium-doped photonic bandgap fiber; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Photonic bandgap fibers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Solitons;
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.2006.279166
