POWER SCALING IN PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED LARGE-MODE AREA FIBER LASERS

Authors
BRODERICK NGR OFFERHAUS HL RICHARDSON DJ SAMMUT RA
Citation
Ngr. Broderick et al., POWER SCALING IN PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED LARGE-MODE AREA FIBER LASERS, IEEE photonics technology letters, 10(12), 1998, pp. 1718-1720
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
10
Issue
12
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1718 - 1720
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1998)10:12<1718:PSIPML>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
We report on a novel approach toward generating high peak powers in pa ssively mode-locked fiber lasers. By appropriate design the fiber's mo de area is increased by a factor of similar to 30 compared to standard fiber. This increased area effectively decreases the nonlinearity thu s, increasing the power necessary to form stable soliton-like pulses.