DocumentCode
2866406
Title
Passive harmonic mode-locking of a soliton Yb fiber laser at repetition rates to 1.5 GHz
Author
Zhou, Shian ; Ouzounov, Dimitre G. ; Sinclair, Charles ; Wise, Frank W.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
fYear
2006
fDate
21-26 May 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We report passive harmonic-mode-locking of an Yb-fiber laser at repetition rates continuously scalable to 1.5 GHz. This laser demonstrates an unprecedented combination of high repetition rate, high pulse energy and excellent pulse quality.
Keywords
fibre lasers; laser beams; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; optical solitons; ytterbium; JkJk:Yb; laser pulse energy; laser pulse quality; passive harmonic mode-locking; pulse generation; soliton fiber laser; transform-limited soliton pulses; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Physics; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Solitons; (060.7140); (320.7090) General;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627946
Filename
4627946
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