Title :
Octave-spanning supercontinuum generation for an Er-doped fiber laser frequency comb at a 1 GHz repetition rate
Author :
Chao, David ; Chang, Guoqing ; Morse, Jonathan L. ; Kärtner, Franz X. ; Ippen, Erich P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We developed a 1 GHz Er-doped femtosecond fiber laser system providing 2nJ pulses at ∼100fs durations and demonstrated octave-spanning supercontinuum generation from 1µm – 2.4µm that is suitable for 1f–2f stabilizing the frequency comb.
Keywords :
Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Frequency conversion; Laser excitation; Laser stability; Optical pulse generation; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Stimulated emission; Supercontinuum generation; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
