Femtosecond soliton generation in a praseodymium fluoride fiber laser
- 1 June 1994
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 19 (11), 828-830
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.19.000828
Abstract
We report what is to our knowledge the first femtosecond pulse generation at 1.3 μm in a Pr3+-doped fluoride fiber laser. After optimization of the cavity length and dispersion, the laser generated pulses as short as 620 fs. We also describe self-stabilization and self-organization of the output pulse train at repetition rates from the fundamental cavity frequency of 700 kHz up to 440 MHz and report on polarization effects.Keywords
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