Title :
Photonic crystal fiber based dissipative soliton laser for multi-Watt femtosecond mode-locking
Author :
Lefrançois, Simon ; Kieu, Khanh ; Wise, Frank W. ; Deng, Yujun ; Kafka, James D.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We report on photonic crystal fiber based scaling of the mode-area of a dissipative soliton laser. The laser delivers 142 nJ chirped pulses with 12 W average power, dechirping to 105 fs after extra-cavity compression.
Keywords :
Chemical lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Photonic crystal fibers; Pump lasers; Solitons;
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
