3-GHz, ultrafast Yb-fiber laser sources: closing the spectral gaps

Hung-Wen Chen; Jinkang Lim; Shanhui Xu; Zhongmin Yang; Franz X. Kärtner; Guoqing Chang

doi:10.1117/12.2060745

5 September 2014 3-GHz, ultrafast Yb-fiber laser sources: closing the spectral gaps

Hung-Wen Chen, Jinkang Lim, Shanhui Xu, Zhongmin Yang, Franz X. Kärtner, Guoqing Chang

Proceedings Volume 9198, Ultrafast Nonlinear Imaging and Spectroscopy II; 919806 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2060745
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2014, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Many applications require GHz femtosecond pulses with the center wavelength tunable over a broad range. Recently we have demonstrated a 3-GHz, femtosecond Yb-fiber laser system with >12-W average power using the pre-chirp management method. Nonlinear wavelength conversion based on this powerful laser source has enabled us to derive 3- GHz femtosecond sources at other useful wavelengths: using stimulated Raman scattering inside photonic crystal fibers, we have implemented a femtosecond Raman soliton source tunable between 1.06-1.35 μm; using fiber-optic Cherenkov radiation, we have demonstrated a 14-fs source centered at 850 nm with >300-mW average power.

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Hung-Wen Chen, Jinkang Lim, Shanhui Xu, Zhongmin Yang, Franz X. Kärtner, and Guoqing Chang "3-GHz, ultrafast Yb-fiber laser sources: closing the spectral gaps", Proc. SPIE 9198, Ultrafast Nonlinear Imaging and Spectroscopy II, 919806 (5 September 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2060745

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