Monolithic Yb-fiber femtosecond laser with intracavity all-solid PBG fiber and ex-cavity HC-PCF

D. Turchinovich; X. Liu; J. Lægsgaard

doi:10.1117/12.839842

17 February 2010 Monolithic Yb-fiber femtosecond laser with intracavity all-solid PBG fiber and ex-cavity HC-PCF

D. Turchinovich, X. Liu, J. Lægsgaard

Proceedings Volume 7580, Fiber Lasers VII: Technology, Systems, and Applications; 75801X (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.839842
Event: SPIE LASE, 2010, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We demonstrate an all-fiber femtosecond master oscillator / power amplifier operating at the central wavelength of 1033 nm, based on Yb-doped fiber as gain medium, and two different kinds of photonic crystal fibers for dispersion control and stabilization. An all-solid (AS) polarization maintaining (PM) photonic bandgap fiber (PBG) is used in the cavity of the master oscillator for dispersion compensation and stabilization of modelocking. The final compression of an chirped-pulse-amplified laser signal is performed in a hollow PM PCF, yielding final fiber-delivered pulse energy of around 7 nJ, and pulse duration of around 297 fs. The self-stabilization mechanism of the oscillator, based on the optical nonlinearities in an AS PCF, results in excellent environmental and operational stability of our laser. Stable self-starting fundamental modelocking is maintained for at least 4 days of operation. During the 6-hour long observation of the output power, power fluctuations of less than 0.38 % are measured. Stable fundamental modelocking is maintained during temperature sweeps in the range 10 - 40 °C.

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D. Turchinovich, X. Liu, and J. Lægsgaard "Monolithic Yb-fiber femtosecond laser with intracavity all-solid PBG fiber and ex-cavity HC-PCF", Proc. SPIE 7580, Fiber Lasers VII: Technology, Systems, and Applications, 75801X (17 February 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.839842

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