Title :
Polarization instabilities in all normal dispersion supercontinuum from Yb-doped modelocked lasers
Author :
Domingue, Scott R. ; Bartels, Randy A.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA
Abstract :
Polarization instabilities have been found in all normal dispersion supercontinuum seeded by an ultrafast laser. Measurements indicate fluctuations in polarized local regions of the spectra are larger than the total polarized power fluctuations.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical harmonic generation; supercontinuum generation; ytterbium; Yb-doped mode-locked lasers; all normal dispersion supercontinuum; polarization instabilities; polarized local regions; total polarized power fluctuations; ultrafast laser; Fluctuations; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
