Abstract

By optimizing the cavity dispersion map, 1.5-nJ pulses as short as 36 fs are obtained from a Yb-doped fiber laser. Residual higher-order dispersion currently limits the pulse duration, and it should be possible to generate pulses as short as 25–30 fs with Yb-doped fiber.

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  1. L. E. Nelson, S. B. Fleischer, G. Lenz, and E. P. Ippen, “Efficient frequency doubling of a femtosecond fiber laser,” Opt. Lett. 21, 1759–1761 (1996).
    [Crossref] [PubMed]
  2. H. Lim, F. O. Ilday, and F. W. Wise, “Generation of 2-nJ pulses from a femtosecond Yb fiber laser,” Opt. Lett. 28, 660–662 (2003).
    [Crossref] [PubMed]
  3. F. O. Ilday, H. Lim, J. R. Buckley, F. W. Wise, and W. G. Clark, “Generation of 50-fs, 5-nJ pulses at 1.03 µm from a wave-breaking-free fiber laser,” Opt. Lett. 28, 1365–1367 (2003).
    [Crossref] [PubMed]
  4. M. H. Ober, M. Hofer, and M. E. Fermann, “42-fs pulse generation from a mode-locked fiber laser started with a moving mirror,” Opt. Lett. 18, 367–369 (1993).
    [Crossref] [PubMed]
  5. H. Lim, F. O. Ilday, and F. W. Wise, “Femtosecond ytterbium fiber laser with photonic crystal fiber for dispersion control,” Opt. Exp. 10, 1497–1502 (2002).
    [Crossref]
  6. A. M. Kowalevicz, A. Tucay Zare, F. X. Kartner, J. G. Fujimoto, S. Dewald, U. Morgner, V. Scheuer, and G. Angelow, “Generation of 150-nJ pulses from a multiple-pass cavity Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti:Al2O3 oscillator,” Opt. Lett. 28, 1597–1599 (2003).
    [Crossref] [PubMed]
  7. F. O. Ilday and F. W. Wise, “Similariton Laser,” Proceedings of the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 2003), paper CTHPDA3.
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    [Crossref]
  9. S. Chi, C. W. Chang, and S. Wen, “Femtosecond soliton propagation in erbium-doped fiber amplifiers: the equivalence of two different models”, Opt. Comm. 106, 193–196 (1994).
    [Crossref]
  10. M. Hofer, M. E. Fermann, F. Harberl, M. H. Ober, and A. J. Schmidt, Opt. Lett.16, 502 (1991).
    [Crossref] [PubMed]
  11. J. W. Nicholson, J. Jasapara, W. Rudolph, F. G. Omenetto, and A. J. Taylor, “Full-field characterization of femtosecond pulses by spectrum and cross-correlation measurements,” Opt. Lett. 24, 1774–1776 (1999).
    [Crossref]
  12. L. E. Nelson, D. J. Jones, K. Tamura, H. A. Haus, and E. P. Ippen, “Ultrashort-pulse fiber ring lasers,” Appl. Phys. B 65, 277–294 (1997).
    [Crossref]
  13. J. Aus der Au, D. Kopf, F. Morier-Genoud, M. Moser, and U. Keller, “60-fs pulses from a diode-pumped Nd:glass laser,” Opt. Lett. 22, 307–309 (1997).
    [Crossref]
  14. C. Honninger, F. Morier-Genoud, M. Moser, U. Keller, L. R. Brovelli, and C. Harder, “Efficient and tunable diode-pumped femtosecond Yb : glass lasers,” Opt. Lett. 23, 126–128 (1998).
    [Crossref]

2003 (3)

2002 (1)

H. Lim, F. O. Ilday, and F. W. Wise, “Femtosecond ytterbium fiber laser with photonic crystal fiber for dispersion control,” Opt. Exp. 10, 1497–1502 (2002).
[Crossref]

1999 (1)

1998 (1)

1997 (2)

L. E. Nelson, D. J. Jones, K. Tamura, H. A. Haus, and E. P. Ippen, “Ultrashort-pulse fiber ring lasers,” Appl. Phys. B 65, 277–294 (1997).
[Crossref]

J. Aus der Au, D. Kopf, F. Morier-Genoud, M. Moser, and U. Keller, “60-fs pulses from a diode-pumped Nd:glass laser,” Opt. Lett. 22, 307–309 (1997).
[Crossref]

1996 (1)

1995 (1)

K. Tamura, E. P. Ippen, and H. A. Haus, “Pulse dynamics in stretched-pulse fiber lasers,” App. Phys. Lett. 67, 158–160 (1995).
[Crossref]

1994 (1)

S. Chi, C. W. Chang, and S. Wen, “Femtosecond soliton propagation in erbium-doped fiber amplifiers: the equivalence of two different models”, Opt. Comm. 106, 193–196 (1994).
[Crossref]

1993 (1)

Angelow, G.

Brovelli, L. R.

Buckley, J. R.

Chang, C. W.

S. Chi, C. W. Chang, and S. Wen, “Femtosecond soliton propagation in erbium-doped fiber amplifiers: the equivalence of two different models”, Opt. Comm. 106, 193–196 (1994).
[Crossref]

Chi, S.

S. Chi, C. W. Chang, and S. Wen, “Femtosecond soliton propagation in erbium-doped fiber amplifiers: the equivalence of two different models”, Opt. Comm. 106, 193–196 (1994).
[Crossref]

Clark, W. G.

der Au, J. Aus

Dewald, S.

Fermann, M. E.

Fleischer, S. B.

Fujimoto, J. G.

Harberl, F.

M. Hofer, M. E. Fermann, F. Harberl, M. H. Ober, and A. J. Schmidt, Opt. Lett.16, 502 (1991).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Harder, C.

Haus, H. A.

L. E. Nelson, D. J. Jones, K. Tamura, H. A. Haus, and E. P. Ippen, “Ultrashort-pulse fiber ring lasers,” Appl. Phys. B 65, 277–294 (1997).
[Crossref]

K. Tamura, E. P. Ippen, and H. A. Haus, “Pulse dynamics in stretched-pulse fiber lasers,” App. Phys. Lett. 67, 158–160 (1995).
[Crossref]

Hofer, M.

Honninger, C.

Ilday, F. O.

F. O. Ilday, H. Lim, J. R. Buckley, F. W. Wise, and W. G. Clark, “Generation of 50-fs, 5-nJ pulses at 1.03 µm from a wave-breaking-free fiber laser,” Opt. Lett. 28, 1365–1367 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

H. Lim, F. O. Ilday, and F. W. Wise, “Generation of 2-nJ pulses from a femtosecond Yb fiber laser,” Opt. Lett. 28, 660–662 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

H. Lim, F. O. Ilday, and F. W. Wise, “Femtosecond ytterbium fiber laser with photonic crystal fiber for dispersion control,” Opt. Exp. 10, 1497–1502 (2002).
[Crossref]

F. O. Ilday and F. W. Wise, “Similariton Laser,” Proceedings of the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 2003), paper CTHPDA3.

Ippen, E. P.

L. E. Nelson, D. J. Jones, K. Tamura, H. A. Haus, and E. P. Ippen, “Ultrashort-pulse fiber ring lasers,” Appl. Phys. B 65, 277–294 (1997).
[Crossref]

L. E. Nelson, S. B. Fleischer, G. Lenz, and E. P. Ippen, “Efficient frequency doubling of a femtosecond fiber laser,” Opt. Lett. 21, 1759–1761 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

K. Tamura, E. P. Ippen, and H. A. Haus, “Pulse dynamics in stretched-pulse fiber lasers,” App. Phys. Lett. 67, 158–160 (1995).
[Crossref]

Jasapara, J.

Jones, D. J.

L. E. Nelson, D. J. Jones, K. Tamura, H. A. Haus, and E. P. Ippen, “Ultrashort-pulse fiber ring lasers,” Appl. Phys. B 65, 277–294 (1997).
[Crossref]

Kartner, F. X.

Keller, U.

Kopf, D.

Kowalevicz, A. M.

Lenz, G.

Lim, H.

Morgner, U.

Morier-Genoud, F.

Moser, M.

Nelson, L. E.

L. E. Nelson, D. J. Jones, K. Tamura, H. A. Haus, and E. P. Ippen, “Ultrashort-pulse fiber ring lasers,” Appl. Phys. B 65, 277–294 (1997).
[Crossref]

L. E. Nelson, S. B. Fleischer, G. Lenz, and E. P. Ippen, “Efficient frequency doubling of a femtosecond fiber laser,” Opt. Lett. 21, 1759–1761 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Nicholson, J. W.

Ober, M. H.

Omenetto, F. G.

Rudolph, W.

Scheuer, V.

Schmidt, A. J.

M. Hofer, M. E. Fermann, F. Harberl, M. H. Ober, and A. J. Schmidt, Opt. Lett.16, 502 (1991).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Tamura, K.

L. E. Nelson, D. J. Jones, K. Tamura, H. A. Haus, and E. P. Ippen, “Ultrashort-pulse fiber ring lasers,” Appl. Phys. B 65, 277–294 (1997).
[Crossref]

K. Tamura, E. P. Ippen, and H. A. Haus, “Pulse dynamics in stretched-pulse fiber lasers,” App. Phys. Lett. 67, 158–160 (1995).
[Crossref]

Taylor, A. J.

Wen, S.

S. Chi, C. W. Chang, and S. Wen, “Femtosecond soliton propagation in erbium-doped fiber amplifiers: the equivalence of two different models”, Opt. Comm. 106, 193–196 (1994).
[Crossref]

Wise, F. W.

F. O. Ilday, H. Lim, J. R. Buckley, F. W. Wise, and W. G. Clark, “Generation of 50-fs, 5-nJ pulses at 1.03 µm from a wave-breaking-free fiber laser,” Opt. Lett. 28, 1365–1367 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

H. Lim, F. O. Ilday, and F. W. Wise, “Generation of 2-nJ pulses from a femtosecond Yb fiber laser,” Opt. Lett. 28, 660–662 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

H. Lim, F. O. Ilday, and F. W. Wise, “Femtosecond ytterbium fiber laser with photonic crystal fiber for dispersion control,” Opt. Exp. 10, 1497–1502 (2002).
[Crossref]

F. O. Ilday and F. W. Wise, “Similariton Laser,” Proceedings of the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 2003), paper CTHPDA3.

Zare, A. Tucay

App. Phys. Lett. (1)

K. Tamura, E. P. Ippen, and H. A. Haus, “Pulse dynamics in stretched-pulse fiber lasers,” App. Phys. Lett. 67, 158–160 (1995).
[Crossref]

Appl. Phys. B (1)

L. E. Nelson, D. J. Jones, K. Tamura, H. A. Haus, and E. P. Ippen, “Ultrashort-pulse fiber ring lasers,” Appl. Phys. B 65, 277–294 (1997).
[Crossref]

Opt. Comm. (1)

S. Chi, C. W. Chang, and S. Wen, “Femtosecond soliton propagation in erbium-doped fiber amplifiers: the equivalence of two different models”, Opt. Comm. 106, 193–196 (1994).
[Crossref]

Opt. Exp. (1)

H. Lim, F. O. Ilday, and F. W. Wise, “Femtosecond ytterbium fiber laser with photonic crystal fiber for dispersion control,” Opt. Exp. 10, 1497–1502 (2002).
[Crossref]

Opt. Lett. (8)

A. M. Kowalevicz, A. Tucay Zare, F. X. Kartner, J. G. Fujimoto, S. Dewald, U. Morgner, V. Scheuer, and G. Angelow, “Generation of 150-nJ pulses from a multiple-pass cavity Kerr-lens mode-locked Ti:Al2O3 oscillator,” Opt. Lett. 28, 1597–1599 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

L. E. Nelson, S. B. Fleischer, G. Lenz, and E. P. Ippen, “Efficient frequency doubling of a femtosecond fiber laser,” Opt. Lett. 21, 1759–1761 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

H. Lim, F. O. Ilday, and F. W. Wise, “Generation of 2-nJ pulses from a femtosecond Yb fiber laser,” Opt. Lett. 28, 660–662 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

F. O. Ilday, H. Lim, J. R. Buckley, F. W. Wise, and W. G. Clark, “Generation of 50-fs, 5-nJ pulses at 1.03 µm from a wave-breaking-free fiber laser,” Opt. Lett. 28, 1365–1367 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

M. H. Ober, M. Hofer, and M. E. Fermann, “42-fs pulse generation from a mode-locked fiber laser started with a moving mirror,” Opt. Lett. 18, 367–369 (1993).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

J. Aus der Au, D. Kopf, F. Morier-Genoud, M. Moser, and U. Keller, “60-fs pulses from a diode-pumped Nd:glass laser,” Opt. Lett. 22, 307–309 (1997).
[Crossref]

C. Honninger, F. Morier-Genoud, M. Moser, U. Keller, L. R. Brovelli, and C. Harder, “Efficient and tunable diode-pumped femtosecond Yb : glass lasers,” Opt. Lett. 23, 126–128 (1998).
[Crossref]

J. W. Nicholson, J. Jasapara, W. Rudolph, F. G. Omenetto, and A. J. Taylor, “Full-field characterization of femtosecond pulses by spectrum and cross-correlation measurements,” Opt. Lett. 24, 1774–1776 (1999).
[Crossref]

Other (2)

F. O. Ilday and F. W. Wise, “Similariton Laser,” Proceedings of the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 2003), paper CTHPDA3.

M. Hofer, M. E. Fermann, F. Harberl, M. H. Ober, and A. J. Schmidt, Opt. Lett.16, 502 (1991).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1. Results of numerical simulations of the Yb fiber laser. Main figure: power spectrum plotted on logarithmic scale. Inset: temporal intensity profile of dechirped output pulse.

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Fig. 2.
Fig. 2. Schematic of the Yb fiber laser. w.p.: waveplate.

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Fig. 3.
Fig. 3. Output of the Yb fiber laser. Measured interferometric autocorrelation (top left panel) along with the interferometric autocorrelation of the pulse retrieved by PICASO (top right panel). Bottom panel: retrieved intensity and phase profiles compared to the transform-limited pulse (dash-dotted line).

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Fig. 4.
Fig. 4. Measured power spectrum plotted on semi-logarithmic scales. The component at 980 nm is unabsorbed pump light. The inset shows the spectrum on linear scales.

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