Title :
All-fiber soliton source tunable over 500 nm
Author :
Herda, Robert ; Okhotnikov, Oleg G.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Tampere Univ. of Technol., Finland
Abstract :
We report a compact 200-fs all-fiber source tunable from 1050 nm to 1550 nm based on Raman effect in a highly nonlinear photonic-crystal-fiber that allows to completely bridge the spectral gap between erbium and ytterbium.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; erbium; fibre lasers; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical saturable absorption; optical solitons; photonic crystals; ytterbium; 1050 to 1550 nm; 200 fs; Er; Raman effect; Yb-doped fiber laser; all-fiber soliton source; erbium; nonlinear photonic-crystal-fiber; passive mode locking; semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors; spectral gap; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical coupling; Optical fiber couplers; Optical pulses; Photonic crystal fibers; Pulse amplifiers; Raman scattering; Solitons; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549107
