Spectral shaping of an ultrafast ytterbium fiber laser via a passive intracavity optical filter: a simple and reliable route to sub-45  fs pulses

Cooper, Nicholas D.; Ta, Uyen M.; Reber, Melanie A.  R.

doi:10.1364/ao.486245

Spectral shaping of an ultrafast ytterbium fiber laser via a passive intracavity optical filter: a simple and reliable route to sub-45 fs pulses

Journal Article · 01 January 2023 · Applied Optics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.486245· OSTI ID:2421510

Cooper, Nicholas D. ^[1]; Ta, Uyen M.;

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We investigate the use of passive intracavity optical filters for controlling the laser output spectrum of a polarization-mode-locked, ultrafast ytterbium fiber laser. The overall lasing bandwidth is increased or extended by strategic choice of the filter cutoff frequency. Overall laser performance, including pulse compression and intensity noise, is investigated for both shortpass and longpass filters with a range of cutoff frequencies. The intracavity filter not only shapes the output spectra, but also provides a route for overall broader bandwidths and shorter pulses in ytterbium fiber lasers. These results demonstrate that spectral shaping with a passive filter is a useful tool to routinely achieve sub-45 fs pulse durations in ytterbium fiber lasers.

Research Organization:: Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0020268

OSTI ID:: 2421510

Journal Information:: Applied Optics, Journal Name: Applied Optics Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 62; ISSN 1559-128X; ISSN APOPAI

Publisher:: Optical Society of America

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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