Title :
Looped time-lens compression for generation of 3.5 nJ femtosecond pulses from a CW laser
Author :
Van Howe, James ; Lee, Jennifer ; Xu, Chris
Author_Institution :
Cornell Univ., Ithaca
Abstract :
We generate 516 fs pulses at 3.5 nJ energy from a continuous wave 1.55 mum source without mode-locking. Our system is compact, all-fiber, and allows continuous tuning of pulse width and center wavelength.
Keywords :
laser tuning; lenses; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; looped time-lens pulse compression; mode locking; pulse generation; pulse width tuning; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Laser tuning; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse modulation; Space vector pulse width modulation; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452369
