Title :
Simultaneous dual polarisation operation of a diode pumped femtosecond fibre laser
Author :
Guy, M.J. ; Taylor, J.R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
Abstract :
The behaviour of a diode pumped figure-of-eight ytterbium/erbium-doped fibre laser which generates subpicosecond pulses is described. This laser is observed to mode-lock simultaneously in two orthogonal polarisation states with distinct temporal and spectral characteristics.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; light polarisation; optical pumping; ytterbium; Yb,Er doped laser; diode pumped femtosecond fibre laser; figure-of-eight ytterbium/erbium-doped fibre laser; mode-lock; orthogonal polarisation states; simultaneous dual polarisation operation; spectral characteristics; subpicosecond pulses; temporal characteristics;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19931365
