Title :
Self-similar pulses as a route to low-repetition-rate femtosecond fiber lasers
Author :
Buckley, J. ; Ilday, F. Ö ; Lim, H. ; Wise, F.W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
Investigations of mode-locked Yb fiber lasers with low repetition rates show that self-similar pulse evolution offers substantially improved performance over stretched-pulse operation.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; ytterbium; Yb fiber lasers; femtosecond lasers; fiber lasers; low repetition rates; low-repetition-rate lasers; mode-locked lasers; self-similar pulse evolution; self-similar pulses; stretched-pulse operation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
