Title :
Dispersion variation of a thulium-doped stretched-pulse fiber laser with spectral filtering
Author :
Haxsen, Frithjof ; Wandt, Dieter ; Morgner, Uwe ; Kracht, Dietmar ; Neumann, Jorg
Author_Institution :
Laser Zentrum Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Abstract :
We report on stretched-pulse operation of a thulium-doped fiber laser with spectral filtering emitting at 1.98 µm. Cavity dispersion was varied from −0.044 ps2 to 0.049 ps2. The experimental results are compared with numerical simulations.
Keywords :
Autocorrelation; Energy measurement; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Filtering; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements;
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
