All-fiber ytterbium soliton mode-locked laser with dispersion control by solid-core photonic bandgap fiber

被引:57
作者
Isomaki, A [1 ]
Okhotnikov, OG [1 ]
机构
[1] Tampere Univ Technol, Optoelect Res Ctr, FIN-33101 Tampere, Finland
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10.1364/OE.14.004368
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We exploit an anomalous dispersion generated by a solid-core photonic bandgap fiber for dispersion compensation in an ytterbium fiber laser passively mode-locked with a semiconductor saturable absorber. The bandgap-guiding fiber, adequately compatible with standard fiber based on guiding via total internal reflection, allows for an environmentally robust all-fiber subpicosecond soliton oscillator at 1 mu m. (c) 2006 Optical Society of America.
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页码:4368 / 4373
页数:6
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