• DocumentCode
    945641
  • Title

    Femtosecond neodymium-doped fiber laser operating in the 894-909-nm spectral range

  • Author

    Rusu, M. ; Karirinne, S. ; Guina, M. ; Grudinin, A.B. ; Okhotnikov, O.G.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectronics Res. Centre, Tampere Univ. of Technol., Finland
  • Volume
    16
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    4/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1029
  • Lastpage
    1031
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a practical ultrafast Nd-doped fiber laser operating in the 894-909-nm spectral range. Using purposely designed semiconductor saturable absorbers, a truly self-started mode-locking regime of operation with clean transform-limited 360-fs pulses was achieved.
  • Keywords
    fibre lasers; infrared spectra; laser mode locking; neodymium; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; quantum well devices; 360 fs; 894 to 909 nm; clean transform-limited pulses; femtosecond neodymium-doped fiber laser; mode-locked lasers; optical fiber; quantum-well devices; self-started mode-locking regime; semiconductor saturable absorbers; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser transitions; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Neodymium; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2004.824951
  • Filename
    1281860