Title :
All-fiber 1085-nm wide supercontinuum source based on a mode-locked ytterbium fiber laser with dispersion compensation by a chirped fiber Bragg grating
Author :
Herda, Robert ; Kivisto, Samuli ; Okhotnikov, Oleg G.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Tampere Univ. of Technol., Tampere, Finland
Abstract :
The pulses of an ytterbium-fiber laser with dispersion compensation provided by a chirped fiber Bragg grating are amplified in a core-pumped fiber amplifier and broadened in a photonic crystal fiber to an octave spanning supercontinuum.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; holey fibres; laser mode locking; optical dispersion; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibres; photonic crystals; supercontinuum generation; ytterbium; Jk:Yb; chirped fiber Bragg grating; core-pumped fiber amplifier; dispersion compensation; mode locked fiber laser; octave spanning supercontinuum; photonic crystal fiber; supercontinuum source; wavelength 1085 nm; Bragg gratings; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Solitons; Ytterbium;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528176
