Self-similar low-noise femtosecond ytterbium-doped double-clad fiber laser

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作者：

Ortac, B.

Hideur, A.

Chedot, C.

Brunel, M.

Martel, G.

Limpert, J.

机构：

[1] Univ Rouen, Grp Opt & Optron, CORIA, UMR 6614, F-76801 St Etienne, France

[2] Univ Jena, Inst Appl Phys, D-07743 Jena, Germany

来源：

APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS | 2006年 / 85卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1007/s00340-006-2383-y

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We report the generation of self-similar highly stable femtosecond pulses from an ytterbium-doped double-clad fiber laser. Positively chirped parabolic pulses with 6.4-ps duration and more than 3.2-nJ energy are obtained. These pulses are extra-cavity compressed to 140 fs. Radio-frequency noise measurements show that this regime of emission ensures low-noise operation with less than 0.05% amplitude fluctuations.

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