Experimental realization of a mode-locked parabolic Raman fiber oscillator.
We report here the first demonstration of a mode-locked fiber laser delivering parabolic pulses (similaritons) at 1534 nm. The use of a Raman-based gain medium potentially allows its implementation at any wavelength. The 22nJ output similariton pulses have a true parabolic shape both in the time and spectral domains and a linear chirp. Linear recompression close to Fourier limit is demonstrated allowing us to obtain 6 ps compressed pulses with a compression factor of 75.
Aguergaray
Claude
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Department of Physics, Science Centre, University of Auckland, New Zealand. c.aguergaray@auckland.ac.nz
Méchin
David
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Kruglov
Vladimir
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Harvey
John D
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