Title :
3 GHz, femtosecond Raman soliton source
Author :
Guoqing Chang ; Hung-Wen Chen ; Jinkang Lim ; Shanhui Xu ; Zhongmin Yang ; Kartner, Franz X.
Author_Institution :
Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
A 3-GHz femtosecond Raman soliton source (tunable between 1.06-1.22 μm) is demonstrated based on an Yb-fiber laser. The resulting source produces 350-mW average power at 1.22 μm with 40-nm bandwidth and ~100 fs pulse duration.
Keywords :
Raman spectra; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser tuning; light sources; optical solitons; ytterbium; Yb; bandwidth; femtosecond Raman soliton source; frequency 3 GHz; optical tuning; wavelength 1.06 mum to 1.22 mum; ytterbium-fiber laser; Fiber lasers; Free electron lasers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pulses; Solitons; Ultrafast electronics; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
