Title :
Wavelength and pulse width tunable 1 μm Yb-doped programmable fiber laser
Author :
Youngjae Kim ; Archambault, Andre ; Dupuis, Alexandre ; Burgoyne, Bryan ; Pena, Guido ; Villeneuve, A.
Author_Institution :
Genia Photonics, Laval, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We present a wavelength and pulse width agile programmable laser in the 1 μm region using Ytterbium-doped fiber amplifiers. Wavelengths and pulse widths are tuned independently from 1020 to 1080 nm and from 26 down to 4 ps after compression.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser tuning; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse compression; ytterbium; pulse compression; pulse width agile programmable laser; pulse width tunable Yb-doped programmable fiber laser; time 26 ps to 4 ps; wavelength 1 mum; wavelength 1020 nm to 1080 nm; wavelength agile programmable laser; wavelength tunable Yb-doped programmable fiber laser; ytterbium-doped fiber amplifiers; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical filters;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
