Open AccessAll-normal-dispersion femtosecond fiber laser
Author(s) -
Andy Chong,
Joel R. Buckley,
William H. Renninger,
Frank W. Wise
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.14.010095
Subject(s) - optics , materials science , fiber laser , femtosecond , femtosecond pulse shaping , laser , dispersion (optics) , bandwidth limited pulse , pulse (music) , ytterbium , pulse shaping , ultrashort pulse , physics , detector
We demonstrate a modelocked ytterbium (Yb)-doped fiber laser that is designed to have strong pulse-shaping based on spectral filtering of a highly-chirped pulse in the cavity. This laser generates femtosecond pulses without a dispersive delay line or anomalous dispersion in the cavity. Pulses as short as 170 fs, with pulse energy up to 3 nJ, are produced.