High-power soliton fiber laser based on pulse width control with chirped fiber Bragg gratings

Journal Article · Sat Jan 14 23:00:00 EST 1995 · Optics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.20.000172· OSTI ID:165074

Fermann, M E; Sugden, K; Bennion, I ^[1]

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1. IMRA America, Inc., 1044 Woodridge Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105 (United States)

Chirped fiber Bragg gratings control the pulse width and energy in Kerr mode-locked erbium fiber soliton lasers. We create high-energy pulses by providing large amounts of excessive negative dispersion, which increases the pulse width while keeping the nonlinearity of the cavity constant. With a chirped fiber grating of 3.4-ps{sup 2} dispersion, 3-ps pulses with an energy content higher than 1 nJ are generated at a repetition rate of 27 MHz. By controlling the polarization state in the cavity, we obtain a tuning range from 1.550 to 1.562 {mu}m.

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 165074
• Journal Information: Optics Letters, Journal Name: Optics Letters Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 20; ISSN OPLEDP; ISSN 0146-9592
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
DESIGN
INFRARED RADIATION
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PULSE TECHNIQUES
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