Title :
Wavelength tunability of femtosecond Yb fiber lasers
Author :
Lira, Hugo ; Buckley, J.R. ; Wise, F.W.
Author_Institution :
Appl. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We mode-locked Yb fiber lasers can generate 100-fs pulses in the range of 1020-1070 nm. The tuning provides good solutions for medical/biological applications and seed in high-power ultrashort pulse fiber amplifiers.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse generation; ytterbium; 100 fs; 1020 to 1070 nm; Yb fiber lasers; femtosecond lasers; high-power fiber amplifiers; medical/biological applications; mode-locked lasers; ultrashort pulse fiber amplifiers; wavelength tunability;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6