Efficient source of femtosecond pulses and its use for broadband supercontinuum generation

Journal Article · Sun Jul 31 00:00:00 EDT 2005 · Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE2005V035N07ABEH006586· OSTI ID:21470798

Tausenev, Anton V; Kryukov, P G; Bubnov, M M; Likhachev, M E; Romanova, E Yu ^[1]; Yashkov, M V; Khopin, V F; Salganskii, M Yu ^[2]

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1. Fiber Optics Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russian Federation)
2. Institute of Chemistry of High-Purity Substances, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhnii Novgorod (Russian Federation)

A femtosecond Er{sup 3+}-doped fibre laser system is developed and studied. The system contains a master oscillator operating in the pulse stretching regime, an amplifier of chirped pulses, and a device for pulse compression. The laser emits 1.55-{mu}m, 100-fs, 90-mW pulses with a pulse repetition rate of 25 MHz. The setup was used for supercontinuum generation in an optical fibre heavily doped with GeO{sub 2}. The width of the generated supercontinuum was close to an octave. (lasers)

• OSTI ID: 21470798
• Journal Information: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.), Vol. 35, Issue 7; Other Information: DOI: 10.1070/QE2005v035n07ABEH006586; ISSN 1063-7818
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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IONS
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