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25 February 2008 High-energy femtosecond fiber lasers
A. Chong, W. Renninger, F. W. Wise
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Abstract
This article will review several new modes of pulse formation and propagation in fiber lasers. These modes exist with large normal cavity dispersion. Self-similar evolution can stabilize high-energy pulses in fiber lasers, and this leads to order-of-magnitude increases in performance: fiber lasers that generate 10-nJ pulses of 100-fs duration are now possible. Pulse-shaping based on spectral filtering of a phase-modulated pulse yields similar performance, from lasers that have no intracavity dispersion control. These new modes feature highly-chirped pulses in the laser cavity. Instruments based on these new pulse-shaping mechanisms offer performance that is comparable to that of solid-state lasers but with the major practical advantages of fiber.
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A. Chong, W. Renninger, and F. W. Wise "High-energy femtosecond fiber lasers", Proc. SPIE 6873, Fiber Lasers V: Technology, Systems, and Applications, 68730P (25 February 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.779584
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KEYWORDS
Dispersion

Pulsed laser operation

Fiber lasers

Optical filters

Solitons

Phase shifts

Femtosecond phenomena

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