Ultrashort pulse performance of the nonlinear loop mirror

Gary Whiton Pearson; Jerzy S. Krasinski

doi:10.1117/12.175848

16 May 1994 Ultrashort pulse performance of the nonlinear loop mirror

Gary Whiton Pearson, Jerzy S. Krasinski

Proceedings Volume 2116, Generation, Amplification, and Measurement of Ultrashort Laser Pulses; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.175848
Event: OE/LASE '94, 1994, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

While the gain bandwidth of Er-doped fiber amplifiers is in the range of 60 fs, most fiber figure eight lasers produce approximately 200 fs pulses. We show that higher order terms, including third-order dispersion, self-frequency shifting, and self-steepening, severely limit the efficiency and pulse quality for ultra-short pulses propagating in the nonlinear amplifying loop mirror, which acts as a gain medium and a modelocker in these lasers. We also compare the nonlinear optical loop mirror used as an ultra-fast all-optical switch at various control pulse power levels.

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Gary Whiton Pearson and Jerzy S. Krasinski "Ultrashort pulse performance of the nonlinear loop mirror", Proc. SPIE 2116, Generation, Amplification, and Measurement of Ultrashort Laser Pulses, (16 May 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.175848

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