Prospects of high energy ultrashort pulse generation with frequency shifted feedback fiber oscillators

Author

Heidt, Alexander ; Bosman, Gurthwin ; Becker, Martin ; Rothhardt, Manfred ; Schuster, Kai ; Kobelke, Jens ; Bartelt, Hartmut

Author_Institution

Inst. of Photonic Technol. (IPHT), Jena, Germany

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

In this paper, we present a passively mode-locked frequency shifted feedback laser in a simple linear cavity design, containing Yb-doped double clad fiber and an acousto-optic modulator (AOM) used in continuous mode as frequency shifter. We report the generation of ultrashort pulses with energies exceeding 100 nJ directly from a fiber oscillator in a remarkably simple setup and containing only normal dispersion elements.

Keywords

acousto-optical modulation; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser feedback; laser mode locking; laser modes; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse generation; ytterbium; JkJk:Yb; acousto-optic modulator; continuous mode; dispersion element; double clad fiber; energy 100 nJ; frequency shifted feedback fiber oscillator; frequency shifter; high-energy ultrashort pulse generation; linear cavity design; passive mode-locked laser; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser feedback; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Pulse generation; State feedback;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192645

Filename

5192645