All-fiber design of erbium-doped laser system for tunable two-cycle pulse generation

We report a simple all-fiber design of an Er-doped laser system that is capable of generating widely tunable two-cycle pulses. In particular, 13-fs pulses at a wavelength of 1.7 μm are produced. The mechanism of pulse shortening is identical to the higher-order soliton compression and is supported b...

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Published in:Optics express 2011-10, Vol.19 (21), p.20141-20150
Main Authors: Anashkina, E A, Andrianov, A V, Muravyev, S V, Kim, A V
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Language:English
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Summary:We report a simple all-fiber design of an Er-doped laser system that is capable of generating widely tunable two-cycle pulses. In particular, 13-fs pulses at a wavelength of 1.7 μm are produced. The mechanism of pulse shortening is identical to the higher-order soliton compression and is supported by modeling based on the slowly evolving wave approximation, which is well suited for down to single-cycle pulse propagation in nonlinear dispersion-shifted fibers.
ISSN:1094-4087
1094-4087
DOI:10.1364/OE.19.020141