Title :
Picosecond sliding frequency mode-locked fiber laser
Author :
Alonzo, Carlo Amadeo ; Yun, Seok Hyun
Author_Institution :
Wellman Center for Photomed., Massachusetts Gen. Hosp., Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate an Er3+-doped fiber laser with a broad bandwidth (2.6 nm) intracavity filter that produces 10-ps pulses at 38-MHz repetition. Pulse center-wavelengths shift at 1.6-pm intervals over a 60-nm range about 1542 nm.
Keywords :
Bandwidth; Biomedical optical imaging; Fiber lasers; Filters; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
