Title :
Passive harmonically mode-locked fiber laser using a tapered Er/Yb waveguide amplifier and a saturable Bragg reflector
Author :
Roth, J.M. ; Bergman, K. ; Barbier, D. ; Collings, B.C. ; Knox, W.H.
Author_Institution :
Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
Abstract :
Passive harmonic mode-locking of 11 evenly spaced pulses is demonstrated in a cavity utilizing a tapered Er/Yb waveguide amplifier and single mode fiber. An autocorrelation measurement yields 770 fsec pulses with a 0.33 time-bandwidth product.
Keywords :
erbium; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse generation; optical saturation; ytterbium; 770 fs; autocorrelation measurement; evenly spaced pulses; fiber laser; passive harmonic mode-locking; saturable Bragg reflector; single mode fiber; tapered Er/Yb waveguide amplifier; time-bandwidth product; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications, 2000. Technical Digest
Conference_Location :
Kaua´i-Lihue, HI, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-646-X
DOI :
10.1109/NLO.2000.883659
