Title :
Nd:glass fiber lasers operating in the solitary and the stretched pulse regime
Author :
Leitner, M. ; Glas, P. ; Wrage, M. ; Hey, R. ; Daweritz, L.
Author_Institution :
Max-Born-Institut fur Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
Summary form only given. The combination of a fiber laser and a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) makes it possible to realize self starting, stable femtosecond pulse sources. The pulse formation process is maintained by the balance of the dispersion and the self phase modulation. In this work we compare the two operation regimes, the solitary and the stretched pulse regime of cladding pumped Nd:glass fiber lasers with different fiber lengths.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; neodymium; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; self-phase modulation; Nd:glass fiber lasers; cladding pumped fiber lasers; excitonic absorption resonance; pulse formation process; self phase modulation; self starting sources; semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; solitary regime; stable femtosecond pulse sources; stretched pulse regime; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pulse modulation; Pump lasers; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-662-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2001.947864
