Stretched pulse Yb3+:silica fibre laser
Cautaerts, V., Richardson, D.J., Paschotta, R. and Hanna, D.C. (1997) Stretched pulse Yb3+:silica fibre laser. Optics Letters, 22, (5), 316-318. (doi:10.1364/OL.22.000316).
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Description/Abstract
We report what we believe to be the first results on short-pulse generation in Yb3+:silica fiber. By applying the stretched pulse technique in a unidirectional, polarization-switch Yb3+ fiber laser incorporating a prism-based dispersive delay line, we obtain self-start mode locking and 100pJ pulses that can be compressed to give clean chirp-free <100fs pulses. We believe such sources to have great potential for use not only in all-solid-state high-power femtosecond pulse systems based on Yb3+:silica glass but also as seeds for conventional Nd3+:glass amplifier chains
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0146-9592 (print) 1539-4794 (electronic) |
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| Subjects: | T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Q Science > QC Physics |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > Optoelectronics Research Centre |
| Item ID: | 78024 |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Mar 2010 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Jun 2012 12:57 |
| Contributors: | Cautaerts, V. (Author) Richardson, D.J. (Author) Paschotta, R. (Author) Hanna, D.C. (Author) |
| Date: | 1997 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/78024 |
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