570 FS PULSES FROM A PR3-DOPED FIBRER LASER MODE-LOCKED BY PUMP PULSEINDUCED CROSS-PHASE MODULATION()

Authors
PETER DS ONISHCHUKOV G HODEL W WEBER HP
Citation
Ds. Peter et al., 570 FS PULSES FROM A PR3-DOPED FIBRER LASER MODE-LOCKED BY PUMP PULSEINDUCED CROSS-PHASE MODULATION(), Electronics Letters, 30(19), 1994, pp. 1595-1596
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
30
Issue
19
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1595 - 1596
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1994)30:19<1595:5FPFAP>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The authors report for the first time subpicosecond pulse generation b y pump pulse induced cross-phase modulation in an active fibre. By syn chronously pumping a Pr3+-doped fluoride fibre with 90ps Nd:YAG laser pulses, 570fs pulses at 1.3mum were obtained using intracavity dispers ion compensation. It was found that the introduction of a polarisation dependent loss into the cavity allows different repetition rates of t he fibre laser to be selected and is essential for obtaining stable pu lse trains.