Title :
25 nJ passively mode-locked fiber laser at 1080 nm
Author :
Messerly, M.J. ; Dawson, J.W. ; Barty, C.P.J. ; An, J. ; Kim, D.
Author_Institution :
Photon Sci.&Applic. Program, Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., Livermore, CA
Abstract :
We report a fiber laser that produces 25 nJ, sub-200 fs pulses, an energy 60% higher than previous reports. We attribute the improvement to increased pump power and spectral filtering by the oscillatorpsilas waveplates.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; optical pumping; energy 25 nJ; femtosecond pulse; laser cavity; oscillators waveplates; passively mode-locked fiber laser; pump power; spectral filtering; time 25 fs; wavelength 1080 nm; Fiber lasers; Isolators; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical retarders; Pulse shaping methods; Pump lasers; 140.3510; 140.4050;
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.2006.4627950
