High power soliton self-frequency shift with improved flatness ranging from 1.6 to 1.78

Thanh Nam Nguyen, Khanh Kieu, Dmitriy Churin, Takefumi Ota, Mamoru Miyawaki, Nasser Peyghambarian

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Abstract

We report on the demonstration of a high power tunable femtosecond fiber laser based on soliton self-frequency shift in a large mode area photonic crystal fiber. The laser provides up to 13 nJ pulse energy, ∼550 mW average power, and wavelength tuning range from 1600 to 1780 nm. The pulse duration is sub-100 fs over the entire tuning range. We have also demonstrated a novel way of tuning the laser output wavelength using chirp control which has allowed us to achieve higher average output power within the tuning range. We believe the laser system will be useful for high speed deep tissue multiphoton bio-imaging and difference frequency generation to create high power tunable mid-IR radiation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number6583990
Pages (from-to)1893-1896
Number of pages4
JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume25
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

Keywords

  • Optical fiber laser
  • large mode area fiber
  • soliton self-frequency shift

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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