New fiber laser architecture with transform-limited nonlinear spectral compression

Sonia Boscolo (1) , S.K. Turitsyn (2) , Christophe Finot (3)

1 Photonics Research Group, Aston University
2 Sch Engn & Appl Sci
3 SLCO

We numerically demonstrate a new fiber laser architecture supporting spectral compression of negatively chirped pulses in passive normally dispersive fiber. Such a process is beneficial for improving the energy efficiency of the cavity as it prevents narrow spectral filtering from being highly dissipative. The proposed laser design provides an elegant way of generating transform-limited picosecond pulses.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Sonia Boscolo, S.K. Turitsyn, Christophe Finot. New fiber laser architecture with transform-limited nonlinear spectral compression. 14th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, Jul 2012, Coventry, United Kingdom. pp.We.C1.6. ⟨hal-00731490⟩