Open AccessStretched-pulse operation of a thulium-doped fiber laser
Author(s) -
Frithjof Haxsen,
Axel Ruehl,
Martin Engelbrecht,
Dieter Wandt,
Uwe Morgner,
Dietmar Kracht
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.16.020471
Subject(s) - thulium , optics , fiber laser , materials science , laser , pulse duration , pulse (music) , wavelength , optical fiber , optoelectronics , doping , physics , detector
We report on stretched-pulse operation of a thulium-doped fiber laser. The laser generated pulses at a center wavelength of 1974 nm with an energy of 4 nJ that could externally be compressed to a duration of 173 fs.
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