Title :
Spectral and temporal stabilisation of a diode-pumped ytterbium-erbium fibre soliton laser
Abstract :
A diode-pumped ytterbium-erbium ´figure of eight´ laser is stabilised by the inclusion of a bandwidth-limiting element inside the cavity. Transform limited solitons with durations of 1.35ps are generated, continuously tunable over 20nm. Temporal stabilisation is imposed through amplified feedback of light reflected by the nonlinear loop mirror.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; laser frequency stability; laser mode locking; optical solitons; ytterbium; 1.35 ps; 1.531 to 1.552 mum; amplified feedback of light; bandpass filter; bandwidth-limiting element; diode-pumped Yb-Er fibre soliton laser; figure of eight laser; fourth harmonic mode locking; fundamental mode locking; nonlinear loop mirror; spectral output; spectral stabilisation; temporal stabilisation; transform limited solitons;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19931478
