Mode-Locked Ytterbium-Doped Fiber Lasers: New Perspectives
| Autor: | Caroline Lecaplain, Saïd Idlahcen, Ammar Hideur, Gilles Martel, C. Chedot |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Optical fiber
Materials science business.industry Single-mode optical fiber Physics::Optics Laser Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials law.invention Optics Solid-state laser law Fiber laser business Ultrashort pulse Photonic-crystal fiber Photonic crystal |
| Zdroj: | Fiber and Integrated Optics. 27:341-354 |
| ISSN: | 1096-4681 0146-8030 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/01468030802268458 |
| Popis: | In this article, we discuss recent advances in ultra-short pulse generation with ytterbium-doped fiber lasers. We discuss the fundamental properties and technical challenges of mode-locked single-mode fiber lasers operating in the 1-μm range, and the methods to achieve high peak-powers. We demonstrate a high-power passively mode-locked fiber laser based on a photonic crystal fiber featuring large-mode-core and short absorption length that greatly exceed the power limitation of single-mode fiber oscillators. Multi-watts average powers in sub-picosecond pulses are obtained. This open new avenue to new performance levels of ultra-short pulse solid-state lasers. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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