Title :
1.0–1.7 μm wavelength-tunable ultrashort pulse generation using high-power mode-locked Yb-doped fiber laser and highly-nonlinear photonic crystal fiber
Author :
Takayanagi, Jun ; Nishizawa, Norihiko ; Sugiura, Toshiharu ; Yoshida, Makoto
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Quantum Eng., Nagoya Univ., Nagoya
Abstract :
Widely wavelength-tunable ultrashort pulses are generated using passively modelocked Yb-doped fiber laser and photonic crystal fiber. Soliton and anti-stokes pulses are generated in wavelength region of 1.0-1.7 mum and 0.6-0.7 mum, respectively.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; holey fibres; laser beams; laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical pulse generation; optical solitons; photonic crystals; ytterbium; JkJk:Yb; high-power passively mode-locked Yb-doped fiber laser; highly-nonlinear photonic crystal fiber; soliton; wavelength 0.6 mum to 0.7 mum; wavelength 1.0 mum to 1.7 mum; wavelength-tunable ultrashort pulse generation; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber communication; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Photonic crystal fibers; Pulse generation; (140.3510) Lasers, fiber; (320.7140) Ultrafast processes in fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627899
