Title :
Femtosecond soliton Raman ring laser
Author :
Gouveia-Neto, A.S. ; Gomes, A.S.L. ; Taylor, J.R.
Author_Institution :
Imperial College, Laser Optics Group, Physics Department, London, UK
Abstract :
Pulses as short as 100 fs have been generated in standard single-mode optical fibre using a high-order soliton compression mechanism of the Raman component, synchronously excited in a ring laser geometry, pumped by a CW mode-locked Nd: YAG laser at 1.32¿m.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; optical fibres; optical pumping; solitons; 1.32 micron; 100 fs; CW mode-locked laser; Nd-YAG laser; Raman ring laser; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; femtosecond pulses; high-order soliton compression mechanism; laser pumping; single-mode optical fibre;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19870387
