All-PM monolithic fs Yb-fiber laser, dispersion-managed with all-solid photonic bandgap fiber

Author

Liu, Xiaomin ; Laegsgaard, Jesper ; Turchinovich, Dmitry

Author_Institution

DTU Fotonik - Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

All-in-fiber SESAM-modelocked self-starting fiber laser is demonstrated. Cavity dispersion is managed by a spliced-in PM all-solid photonic bandgap fiber. The laser directly delivers 1.25 nJ pulses of 280 fs duration.

Keywords

fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; holey fibres; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical fibre dispersion; optical materials; optical saturable absorption; photonic band gap; splicing; ytterbium; SESAM-modelocked self-starting fiber laser; Yb; all-PM monolithic femtosecond fiber laser; cavity dispersion; energy 1.25 nJ; semiconductor saturable absorption mirror; spliced-in PM all-solid photonic bandgap fiber; time 280 fs; Fiber lasers; Mirrors; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Photonic bandgap fibers; Photonic crystal fibers; Pulse amplifiers; Silicon compounds; Wavelength division multiplexing; (060.2320) Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators; (140.3538) Lasers, pulsed;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5224405