90-fs stretched-pulse ytterbium-doped double-clad fiber laser

Bülend Ortaç; Ammar Hideur; Thierry Chartier; Marc Brunel; Cafer Ozkul; François Sanchez

doi:10.1364/ol.28.001305

90-fs stretched-pulse ytterbium-doped double-clad fiber laser

Opt Lett. 2003 Aug 1;28(15):1305-7. doi: 10.1364/ol.28.001305.

Authors

Bülend Ortaç¹, Ammar Hideur, Thierry Chartier, Marc Brunel, Cafer Ozkul, François Sanchez

Affiliation

¹ Groupe d'Optique et d'Optronique, Complexe de Recherche Interprofessionnel en Aérothermochimie, Unité Mixte de Recherche 6614, Université de Rouen, Avenue de l'Université, B.P. 12, 76801 Saint Etienne du Rouvray Cedex, France.

PMID: 12906071
DOI: 10.1364/ol.28.001305

Abstract

We report ultrashort, high-energy pulse generation from a side-pumped Yb-doped double-clad fiber laser. The laser is operating in the stretched-pulse regime. It directly generates 4.8-ps, 5-nJ pulses that are extracavity compressed to 90 fs.