Compact fully fibre integrated source of 100 fs pulses at 1.1 /spl mu/m based on compression in holey fibre |
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Authors: | Kennedy RE Popov SV Taylor JR |
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Affiliation: | Femtosecond Opt. Group, Imperial Coll. London, UK; |
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Abstract: | A simple, compact, fully fibre integrated source of /spl sim/100 fs pulses at a wavelength of 1.1 /spl mu/m is reported. 4 ps pulses at 1063 nm from a modelocked fibre laser were amplified to 23 mW in a ytterbium-doped fibre amplifier and subsequently propagated through 62 m of holey fibre with a zero dispersion wavelength at 1040 nm. Soliton formation, breakup and self frequency shift resulted in the formation of /spl sim/100 fs pulses at 1.1 /spl mu/m. Wavelength tunability from 1113 to 1220 nm is demonstrated. |
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