Title :
Monolithic stabilized Yb-fiber All-PM laser directly delivering nJ-level femtosecond pulses
Author :
Turchinovich, Dmitry ; Liu, Xiaomin ; Lægsgaard, Jesper
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby
Abstract :
We present a monolithic, self-starting, all-PM, stabilized Yb-fiber laser, pulse-compressed in a hollow-core PM photonic crystal fiber, providing the 370 fs pulses of 4 nJ energy with high mode quality.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; holey fibres; laser modes; optical pulse compression; photonic crystals; ytterbium; JkJk:Yb; energy 4 nJ; hollow-core photonic crystal fiber; mode quality; monolithic stabilized Yb-fiber laser; pulse-compressed laser; time 370 fs; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Laser stability; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse shaping methods; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1932-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688743
