• DocumentCode
    999243
  • Title

    Simultaneous dual polarisation operation of a diode pumped femtosecond fibre laser

  • Author

    Guy, M.J. ; Taylor, J.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    23
  • fYear
    1993
  • Firstpage
    2044
  • Lastpage
    2045
  • Abstract
    The behaviour of a diode pumped figure-of-eight ytterbium/erbium-doped fibre laser which generates subpicosecond pulses is described. This laser is observed to mode-lock simultaneously in two orthogonal polarisation states with distinct temporal and spectral characteristics.
  • Keywords
    erbium; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; light polarisation; optical pumping; ytterbium; Yb,Er doped laser; diode pumped femtosecond fibre laser; figure-of-eight ytterbium/erbium-doped fibre laser; mode-lock; orthogonal polarisation states; simultaneous dual polarisation operation; spectral characteristics; subpicosecond pulses; temporal characteristics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19931365
  • Filename
    253951