Generation of bound states of three ultrashort pulses with a passively mode-locked high-power Yb-doped double-clad fiber laser

We report the generation of high-power ultrashort bound states of three pulses in an ytterbium-doped double-clad fiber laser. The laser is mode-locked through nonlinear polarization rotation technique in a unidirectional cavity configuration. A pair of diffraction grating is incorporated in the cavi...

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Published in:IEEE photonics technology letters 2004-05, Vol.16 (5), p.1274-1276
Main Authors: Ortac, B., Hideur, A., Chartier, T., Brunel, M., Grelu, P., Leblond, H., Sanchez, F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Compressed
Compressing
Diffraction gratings
Dispersions
Erbium-doped fiber lasers
Fiber lasers
Holes
Laser mode locking
Laser theory
Lasers
Optical fiber polarization
Optical fibers
Optical pulse generation
Optical pulses
Polarization
Pump lasers
Solitons
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Summary:We report the generation of high-power ultrashort bound states of three pulses in an ytterbium-doped double-clad fiber laser. The laser is mode-locked through nonlinear polarization rotation technique in a unidirectional cavity configuration. A pair of diffraction grating is incorporated in the cavity to compensate for the normal dispersion of the fiber. The laser generates chirped bound states of three pulses with either equal or different time separations, with more than 500-pJ energy per pulse. These pulses are subsequently compressed to 100 fs with a compression factor of more than 40.
ISSN:1041-1135
1941-0174
DOI:10.1109/LPT.2004.826118