Title :
180-fs pulse generation in a Nd-doped microstructure fiber laser using saturable absorber mirrors
Author :
Moenster, Mathias ; Iliew, Rumen ; Lebedev, Nikolay ; Wedell, Reiner ; Bretschneider, Mario ; Fischer, Dorit ; Richter, Wolfgang ; Glas, Peter ; Steinmeyer, Günter
Author_Institution :
Max-Born-Inst. fur Nichtlineare Opt. und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Berlin
Abstract :
Using an anomalously dispersive microstructure fiber and two different saturable absorber mirrors at 1.06 mum, we demonstrate soliton-like 180-fs pulses in addition to 400-fs pulses with up to 0.1 nJ energy using only intra-fiber dispersion compensation.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; micro-optics; mirrors; optical dispersion; optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; dispersive microstructure fiber; energy 0.1 nJ; fiber laser; intra-fiber dispersion compensation; pulse generation; saturable absorber mirrors; time 180 fs; time 400 fs; wavelength 1.06 mum; Fiber lasers; Glass; Laser mode locking; Microstructure; Mirrors; Optical pulses; Pulse generation; Pulse measurements; Solitons; Ultrafast optics; (140.3510) Lasers, fiber; (320.7090) Ultrafast lasers;
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.2006.4627945
