Title :
Optimised one-step compression of femtosecond fibre laser soliton pulses around 1550nm to below 30 fs in highly nonlinear fibre
Author :
Kibler, B. ; Fischer, R. ; Lacourt, P.A. ; Courvoisier, F. ; Ferriere, R. ; Larger, L. ; Neshev, D.N. ; Dudley, J.M.
Author_Institution :
Univ. de Franche-Comte, Besancon
Abstract :
Optimised compression of femtosecond fibre laser pulses in highly nonlinear fibre is demonstrated. Specifically reported are compressed pulse durations below 30 fs using a simple setup where a single sub-10 cm segment of highly nonlinear fibre is directly spliced to the output pigtail of a commercial femtosecond fibre laser. The compressed pulse quality is confirmed through frequency resolved optical gating measurements.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; optical solitons; pulse compression; femtosecond fibre laser soliton pulse; nonlinear fibre; optical gating; optimised compression;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20071726
