Title :
Synchronously pumped, picosecond, ytterbium-erbium fibre laser
Author :
Boskovic, A. ; Guy, M.J. ; Taylor, J.R.
Abstract :
Stable trains of pulses as short as 2 ps have been generated from an ytterbium-erbium, fibre loop laser modelocked through synchronous pumping by the 100 ps, 100 MHz repetition rate pulses of an actively modelocked Nd:YAG laser. Crossphase modulation and soliton shaping are the dominant pulse formation and shaping mechanisms.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; optical pumping; optical solitons; ytterbium; (Er 3+,Yb 3+)-doped fibre, modelocking, crossphase modulation; 100 MHz; 100 ps; 2 ps; actively modelocked Nd:YAG laser; fibre loop laser; pulse formation; shaping mechanisms; soliton shaping; synchronous pumping;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19931240
