Title :
Self-compression of 1-/spl mu/m femtosecond pulses in a photonic crystal fiber
Author :
Druon, F. ; Sanner, N. ; Lucas-Leclin, G. ; Georges, P. ; Gaume, R. ; Viana, B. ; Hansen, K.P. ; Petersson, A.
Author_Institution :
Crystal Fibre A/S
Abstract :
We demonstrated, for the first time to our knowledge, the use of a photonic crystal fiber to straightforwardly compress and generate tunable 1.03-to-1.3 l-pm, 65-fs pulses from an Yb:bulk laser. This oscillator which generates 1 00-fs pulses employs an original Yb-doped apatite crystal.
Keywords :
Fiber lasers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical pulse generation; Oscillators; Photonic crystal fibers; Pulse compression methods; Solitons; Tunable circuits and devices; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-706-7
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1034489
