Title :
Mode locking of a continuous wave neodymium doped fibre laser with a linear external cavity
Author :
French, Paul M. W. ; Taylor, J.R.
Abstract :
The mode locking of a neodymium-doped silica fibre laser using a linear external cavity is demonstrated. Pulses of approximately 200 ps have been generated from a simple system which may potentially be scaled to high (GHz) repetition rates.
Keywords :
fibre optics; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; neodymium; silicon compounds; solid lasers; 200 ps; CW fibre laser; SiO 2:Nd fibre laser; linear external cavity; mode locking; pulse repetition rate;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19900798
