Title :
Diode-pumped selfstarting passively modelocked neodymium-doped fibre laser
Author :
Loh, Wei H. ; Atkinson, David ; Morkel, Paul R ; Grey, R. ; Seeds, Alwyn J. ; Payne, David N.
Author_Institution :
Southampton Univ., UK
fDate :
4/29/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An Nd3+-fibre laser pumped by a single stripe laser diode has been passively modelocked using a semiconductor saturable absorber/end mirror as the mode-locking element. A 6 cm length of heavily doped fibre was used to minimise the effects of positive group velocity dispersion, and stable mode-locking with pulses of 4 ps duration was obtained at the laser wavelength of 1053 nm.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser mode locking; laser transitions; neodymium; optical pumping; 1053 nm; 6 cm; Nd doped fibre laser; Nd 3+-fibre laser; diode pumped laser; end mirror; heavily doped fibre; mode-locking element; passively modelocked; selfstarting; semiconductor saturable absorber; single stripe laser diode; stable mode-locking;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19930540