Subpicosecond pulse compresssion and Raman generation using a mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser-amplifier

Journal Article · Wed Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1990 · IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/68.58049· OSTI ID:6803634

Schlager, J B; Hale, P D; Franzen, D L ^[1]

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1. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO (US)

Pulses of 20 ps duration from a 1536 nm erbium-doped fiber laser mode-locked at 10 MHz are soliton-compressed in a 1 km fiber to 1.5 ps. The pulses are then amplified in an erbium-doped fiber amplifier and compressed in a second fiber to less than 300 fs. Pulses give rise to stimulated Raman scattering in fibers; the direct output from the erbium fiber laser-amplifier has sufficient peak power to pump fiber Raman lasers.

• OSTI ID: 6803634
• Journal Information: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA), Journal Name: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA) Vol. 2:8; ISSN IPTLE; ISSN 1041-1135
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
426002* -- Engineering-- Lasers & Masers-- (1990-)
ALLOYS
AMPLIFICATION
AMPLIFIERS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EMISSION
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
EQUIPMENT
ERBIUM ADDITIONS
ERBIUM ALLOYS
FIBERS
GAIN
LASERS
LIGHT SCATTERING
MODE LOCKING
OPTICAL FIBERS
OPTICAL PUMPING
PULSE AMPLIFIERS
PUMPING
QUASI PARTICLES
RAMAN EFFECT
RARE EARTH ADDITIONS
RARE EARTH ALLOYS
SCATTERING
SOLITONS
STIMULATED EMISSION