Title :
Mode-locked Yb-doped fiber laser with Watt-level average power and sub-100fs pulse duration
Author :
Kieu, K. ; Renninger, W. ; Chong, A. ; Wise, F.W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We report a pulsed fiber laser that generates 31-nJ chirped pulses at 70-MHz repetition rate and 2.2 W average power. After dechirping outside the cavity, 80-fs pulses, with 200-kW peak power, are obtained.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; fibre lasers; laser beams; laser mode locking; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; ytterbium; JkJk:Yb; Watt-level average power cavity; chirped pulse generation; energy 31 nJ; fiber laser; mode-locked laser; power 2.2 W; power 200 kW; time 100 fs; time 80 fs; ultrafast laser; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; (140.7090) Ultrafast lasers; (320.5540) Pulse shaping; (320.7090) Ultrafast lasers;
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
