ENVIRONMENTALLY STABLE PICOSECOND YTTERBIUM FIBER LASER WITH A BROAD TUNING RANGE

Authors
PORTA J GRUDININ AB CHEN ZJ MINELLY JD TRAYNOR NJ
Citation
J. Porta et al., ENVIRONMENTALLY STABLE PICOSECOND YTTERBIUM FIBER LASER WITH A BROAD TUNING RANGE, Optics letters, 23(8), 1998, pp. 615-617
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
23
Issue
8
Year of publication
1998
Pages
615 - 617
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1998)23:8<615:ESPYFL>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
We demonstrate a widely tunable passively mode-locked fiber laser oper ating at a fundamental frequency of 80 MHz with an output power of 90 mW. The laser is capable of generating 5-ps pulses in the region 1010- 1064 nm. A strong mode-locking mechanism promoted by frequency-shifted feedback allows us to operate in simultaneous Q-switched and mode-loc ked regimes and to obtain peak power in excess of 1.2 kW. (C) 1998 Opt ical Society of America.