Title :
Femtosecond figure of eight Yb:Er fibre laser incorporating a dispersion decreasing fibre
Author :
Boskovic, A. ; Chernikov, S.V. ; Taylor, J.R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
fDate :
8/17/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A femtosecond figure of eight fibre laser has been constructed incorporating a dispersion decreasing (tapered) fibre within the nonlinear loop to give rise to intensity (phase) dependent switching and adiabatic compression. With system optimisation, it should be possible to achieve femtosecond operation without spectral sideband generation
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; optical fibre dispersion; optical solitons; ring lasers; ytterbium; Yb:Er fibre laser; adiabatic compression; dispersion decreasing fibre; femtosecond operation; figure of eight fibre laser; intensity dependent switching; nonlinear loop; phase dependent switching; tapered fibre;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19951042
