Title :
Low-noise, high-energy, single-mode, femtosecond fiber laser system
Author :
Ilday, F. Ö ; Chen, J. ; Winter, A. ; Kärtner, F.X. ; Wise, F.W. ; Shkurikhin, O. ; Gapontsev, D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Truly single-mode amplification of femtosecond pulses from a fiber oscillator to ∼100 nJ is demonstrated. Amplitude and phase noise characterization of the source and its robustness demonstrates its potential for many applications.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; laser modes; laser noise; laser variables measurement; noise measurement; phase noise; amplitude noise characterization; femtosecond fiber laser system; femtosecond pulses; fiber oscillator; high-energy fiber laser system; phase noise characterization; single-mode amplification; single-mode fiber laser system; Fiber lasers; Laser noise; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201943
