Title :
Generation of 36-femtosecond pulses from a ytterbium fiber laser
Author :
Ilday, F. Ö ; Buckley, J. ; Kuznetsova, Larisa ; Wise, F.W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
By optimizing the cavity dispersion map, 1.5-nJ, 36-fs pulses are obtained from a Yb-doped fiber laser. Higher-order dispersion currently limits the pulse duration.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; optical dispersion; optical pulse generation; ytterbium; 1.5 nJ; 36 fs; cavity dispersion map; femtosecond pulse generation; higher-order dispersion; pulse duration; ytterbium fiber laser;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
