PASSIVE-MODE LOCKING BY USING NONLINEAR POLARIZATION EVOLUTION IN A POLARIZATION-MAINTAINING ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER

Authors
FERMANN ME ANDREJCO MJ SILBERBERG Y STOCK ML
Citation
Me. Fermann et al., PASSIVE-MODE LOCKING BY USING NONLINEAR POLARIZATION EVOLUTION IN A POLARIZATION-MAINTAINING ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER, Optics letters, 18(11), 1993, pp. 894-896
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
18
Issue
11
Year of publication
1993
Pages
894 - 896
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1993)18:11<894:PLBUNP>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
By using a new simple cavity design, in which both linear and nonlinea r polarization evolution are reproducibly controlled, we demonstrate p assive mode locking in a Fabry-Perot-type erbium fiber laser. The lase r generates stable trains of pulses as short as 200 fs with an energy content of 70 pJ at repetition rates as high as 100 MHz.