Open AccessAll-fiber ytterbium soliton mode-locked laser with dispersion control by solid-core photonic bandgap fiber
Author(s) -
Antti Isomäki,
Oleg G. Okhotnikov
Publication year - 2006
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.14.004368
Subject(s) - materials science , optics , photonic crystal fiber , fiber laser , dispersion shifted fiber , graded index fiber , ytterbium , dispersion (optics) , optoelectronics , soliton , fiber , mode volume , polarization maintaining optical fiber , optical fiber , fiber optic sensor , physics , wavelength , nonlinear system , quantum mechanics , composite material , doping
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 mum.