Title :
Passively mode-locked ytterbium fiber laser with integrated hollow-core photonic bandgap fiber
Author :
Fekete, J. ; Cserteg, A. ; Varallyay, Z. ; Antal, P. ; Szipocs, R.
Author_Institution :
Res. Inst. for Solid State Phys. & Opt., Budapest
Abstract :
An ytterbium fiber oscillator is demonstrated comprising a hollow-core photonic bandgap fiber fusion spliced to single-mode fibers in the cavity generating pulses of 4.1 nJ energy and pulse width of 210 fs.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; photonic band gap; ytterbium; JkJk:Yb; cavity generating pulses; energy 4.1 nJ; fiber fusion; integrated hollow-core photonic bandgap fiber; passively mode-locked ytterbium fiber laser; pulse energy; pulse width; spliced fiber; time 210 fs; ytterbium fiber oscillator; Fiber lasers; Laser fusion; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber couplers; Optical pulse generation; Oscillators; Photonic bandgap fibers; Pulse measurements; Space vector pulse width modulation; Ytterbium; (060.3510) Lasers, fiber; (060.5295) Photonic crystal fibers; (320.7090) Ultrafast lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
