Open AccessEnvironmentally-stable femtosecond ytterbium fiber laser with birefringent photonic bandgap fiber
Author(s) -
Henry C. Lim,
Andy Chong,
Frank W. Wise
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/opex.13.003460
Subject(s) - materials science , optics , fiber laser , polarization maintaining optical fiber , ytterbium , photonic crystal fiber , laser , birefringence , optoelectronics , femtosecond , dispersion shifted fiber , optical fiber , fiber optic sensor , wavelength , physics
We demonstrate an environmentally-stable mode-locked ytterbium fiber laser. The large birefringence of hollow-core photonic bandgap fiber allows it to control polarization in the laser while it provides the anomalous dispersion necessary for stretched-pulse operation. The laser generates 1-nJ pulses, which are dechirped to 70 fs.