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
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