• DocumentCode
    444435
  • 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
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    1286
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1549107
  • Filename
    1549107