A. A. Krylov, P. G. Kryukov, E. M. Dianov, O. G. Okhotnikov, M. Guina, “Pulsed bismuth fibre laser with the intracavity-compensated group velocity dispersion”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2009, Volume 39, Number 1,Pages <nobr>21

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Lasers

Pulsed bismuth fibre laser with the intracavity-compensated group velocity dispersion

A. A. Krylov^a, P. G. Kryukov^a, E. M. Dianov^a, O. G. Okhotnikov^bc, M. Guina^bc

^a Fiber Optics Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^b Optoelectronics Research Center, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
^c RefleKron Ltd., Finland

Abstract: Passive mode locking is achieved in a bismuth-doped fibre laser with the help of a SESAM saturable absorber optimised for operation in the spectra range from 1100 to 1200 nm. Pumping was performed by a 2-W cw ytterbium fibre laser at 1075 nm. The oscillation of the laser with an intracavity group-velocity-dispersion compensator based on a pair of diffraction gratings is studied. Laser pulses with the minimum duration of ~5 ps are generated.

PACS: 42.55.Wd, 42.60.Fc, 42.79.Dj

Received: 28.07.2008
Revised: 06.10.2008