Mode-locked all-solid photonic bandgap fiber laser

C. Lecaplain (1) , L. Rasoloniana , O.-N. Egorova , J. Michaud , S.-L. Semjonov , E. Dianov , A. Hideur

1 ICB - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne

We report on a mode-locked all-normal dispersion fiber laser featuring a large-mode-area all-solid photonic bandgap fiber. The self-starting chirped-pulse laser delivers 660 mW of average power at a repetition rate of 30 MHz, leading to 22 nJ energy. The output pulses are dechirped outside the cavity to nearly transform-limited duration of 50 fs. Numerical simulations are in good agreement with experiments and highlight the key role of passive spectral filtering on pulse shaping.

Mots clés: CRYSTAL-FIBER; PULSES; GENERATION

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

C. Lecaplain, L. Rasoloniana, O.-N. Egorova, J. Michaud, S.-L. Semjonov, et al.. Mode-locked all-solid photonic bandgap fiber laser. Applied Physics B - Laser and Optics, 2012, 107, pp.317--322. ⟨10.1007/s00340-012-4939-3⟩. ⟨hal-00761274⟩