Stretched-pulse operation of a thulium-doped fiber laser.
We report on stretched-pulse operation of a thulium-doped fiber laser. The laser generated pulses at a center wavelength of 1974 nm with an energy of 4 nJ that could externally be compressed to a duration of 173 fs.
Haxsen
Frithjof
F
Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hollerithallee 8, D-30419 Hannover, Germany. f.haxsen@lzh.de
Ruehl
Axel
A
Engelbrecht
Martin
M
Wandt
Dieter
D
Morgner
Uwe
U
Kracht
Dietmar
D
D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007834:Lasers; D008027:Light; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D055100:Optical Fibers; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D013932:Thulium / Q000737:chemistry*
D013932:Thulium