Tunable femtosecond soliton generation in Ge-doped fibre
Tunable femtosecond soliton generation in Ge-doped fibre
- Author(s): D.-P. Wei ; T.V. Galstian ; A. Zohrabyan ; L. Mouradian
- DOI: 10.1049/el:20046533
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- Author(s): D.-P. Wei 1 ; T.V. Galstian 1 ; A. Zohrabyan 2 ; L. Mouradian 3
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1: Department of Physics, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
2: Department of Physics, Photintech Inc., Québec, Canada
3: Department of Physics, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia
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1: Department of Physics, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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Volume 40, Issue 21,
14 October 2004,
p.
1329 – 1330
DOI: 10.1049/el:20046533 , Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X
In contrast to conventional polarisation maintaining fibres, a simple Ge-doped singlemode fibre is used to generate tunable femtosecond soliton pulses. Soliton self-wavelength-shift up to 200 nm is achieved in a 17 m-long fibre. The generated ‘monocoloured’ soliton pulses have quasi-ideal sech2 spectral shapes.
Inspec keywords: fibre lasers; optical pulse generation; laser tuning; optical fibre polarisation; germanium; optical solitons
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Subjects: Fibre lasers and amplifiers; Fibre lasers and amplifiers; Optical solitons; Laser beam modulation, pulsing and switching; mode locking and tuning; Ultrafast optical techniques; Fibre optics; Optical solitons; Laser beam modulation, pulsing and switching; mode locking and tuning
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