Ultra-short pulse performance of the nonlinear loop mirror
Conference
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OSTI ID:118984
- Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK (United States)
While the gain bandwidth of Er-doped fiber amplifiers is in the range of 60-fs, most fiber figure eight lasers produce {approximately}200-fs pulses. The authors show that higher order terms, including third-order dispersion, self-frequency shifting, and self-steepening, severely limit the efficiency and pulse quality for ultra-short pulses propagating in the nonlinear amplifying loop mirror, which acts as a gain medium and a modelocker in these lasers. They also compare the nonlinear optical loop mirror used as an ultra-fast all-optical switch at various control pulse power levels.
- OSTI ID:
- 118984
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-940142--; ISBN 0-8194-1409-3
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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