Technique for the generation of optical pulses in modelocked las

Details Technique for the generation of optical pulses in modelocked las Technique for the generation of optical pulses in modelocked las

1994-10-21

1995-09-12

Scott, Jr., Leon Scott

Coherent light generators

Particular beam control device

Mode locking

372 6, 372102, 372 34, 372 20, 372 11, 372 12, 372 13, H01S 3098

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054504279

ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to modelocked lasers including highly dispersive optical elements. The dispersive optical elements increase the oscillation pulse width inside the laser oscillators, which reduces the nonlinearity of the laser cavity for a given oscillating pulse energy. Compared to conventionally designed modelocked lasers, an increase in output pulse energy by one to three orders is achieved. As way of example, the technique is applied to an erbium fiber laser, where a chirped fiber Bragg grating is employed as the dispersive element. By using a Kerr-modelocking technique, a high nonlinearity may be sustained inside the fiber laser cavity, which leads to the generation of pulses with psec widths and energies up to 2 nJ. The large bandwidth of the chirped fiber Bragg grating allows a wavelength tuning range in excess of 10 nm, which is achieved by polarization control and a control of the gain spectrum of the laser.

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