Title :
GHz Yb-femtosecond-fiber laser frequency comb
Author :
Hartl, I. ; Mckay, H.A. ; Thapa, R. ; Thomas, B.K. ; Dong, L. ; Fermann, M.E.
Author_Institution :
IMRA America, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a Fabry-Perot cavity, passively saturable-absorber-modelocked Yb-fiber femtosecond oscillator with up to 1.04 GHz fundamental repetition rate, enabling octave spanning continuum generation and self-referenced fCEO stabilization.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical parametric oscillators; ytterbium; Fabry-Perot cavity; Yb; femtosecond-fiber laser frequency comb; octave spanning continuum generation; passively saturable-absorber-modelocked fiber femtosecond oscillator; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Optical pumping; Optical solitons; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Ultrafast optics; (120.3930) Metrological Instrumentation; (140.3510) Lasers, Fiber; (320.7090) Ultrafast lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
