Title :
Reducing nonlinear limitations of Ytterbium mode-locked fibre lasers with hollow-core negative curvature fibre
Author :
Harvey, C.M. ; Yu, F. ; Knight, J.C. ; Wadsworth, W.J. ; Almeida, P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Bath, Bath, UK
Abstract :
Ultralow nonlinearity hollow-core negative curvature fibre is used in a mode-locked Ytterbium fibre laser to prevent the onset of pulse breakup at low repetition-rates. Identical pulse peak-power limit at 37MHz and 11MHz is experimentally demonstrated.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser mode locking; nonlinear optics; ytterbium; frequency 11 MHz; frequency 37 MHz; nonlinear limitation; pulse peak-power limit; repetition-rates; ultralow nonlinearity hollow-core negative curvature fibre; ytterbium mode-locked fibre lasers; Bragg gratings; Cavity resonators; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Ytterbium;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
