Title :
Holey fiber based modulation instability laser at 1.06 μm
Author :
Kennedy, R.E. ; Popov, S.V. ; Taylor, J.R.
Author_Institution :
Femtosecond Opt. Group, Imperial Coll. London, London
Abstract :
We report on an Ytterbium gain band, holey fiber based modulation instability laser. The all fiber integrated source produces a 40 GHz train of 4 ps pulses at a wavelength of 1064 nm.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; holey fibres; laser stability; optical modulation; ytterbium; JkJk:Yb; all fiber integrated source; frequency 40 GHz; holey fiber based modulation instability laser; time 4 ps; wavelength 1.06 mum; wavelength 1064 nm; ytterbium gain band; Autocorrelation; Band pass filters; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Holey fibers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Solitons; (060.4370) Nonlinear Optics, fibers; (140.7090) Ultrafast lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627974
