Pub Date : 2008-05-04DOI: 10.1109/CLEO.2008.4551406
G. Palmer, M. Siegel, Andy Steinmann, M. Schultze, U. Morgner
We present the first solitary mode-locked thin disk oscillator with cavity-dumping. The laser generates pulse energies of 3 muJ with pulse durations below 700 fs at 1 MHz repetition rate.
{"title":"Passively mode-locked Yb:KY(WO4)2 thin disk oscillator with cavity-dumping","authors":"G. Palmer, M. Siegel, Andy Steinmann, M. Schultze, U. Morgner","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2008.4551406","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2008.4551406","url":null,"abstract":"We present the first solitary mode-locked thin disk oscillator with cavity-dumping. The laser generates pulse energies of 3 muJ with pulse durations below 700 fs at 1 MHz repetition rate.","PeriodicalId":6382,"journal":{"name":"2008 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science","volume":"17 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77111064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2008-05-04DOI: 10.1109/CLEO.2008.4551620
A. Gorbach, D. Skryabin
We report a novel mechanism of localization and frequency up-conversion of light pulses with spectra in the normal GVD range of optical fibres, due to the inertial force acting on pulses from the accelerating solitons.
{"title":"Gravity-like force suppresses normal GVD and blue shifts frequency of femtosecond pulses in fibres","authors":"A. Gorbach, D. Skryabin","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2008.4551620","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2008.4551620","url":null,"abstract":"We report a novel mechanism of localization and frequency up-conversion of light pulses with spectra in the normal GVD range of optical fibres, due to the inertial force acting on pulses from the accelerating solitons.","PeriodicalId":6382,"journal":{"name":"2008 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science","volume":"493 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80878201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2008-05-04DOI: 10.1109/CLEO.2008.4551728
C. Jansen, S. Wietzke, V. Astley, D. Mittleman, M. Koch
We demonstrate fully flexible, high performance terahertz Bragg reflectors and filters based on TiO2-loaded polymers. Broadband terahertz reflection measurements with corresponding transfer matrix simulations are shown and the effect of curvature is analyzed.
{"title":"Fully flexible terahertz Bragg reflectors based on titania loaded polymers","authors":"C. Jansen, S. Wietzke, V. Astley, D. Mittleman, M. Koch","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2008.4551728","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2008.4551728","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate fully flexible, high performance terahertz Bragg reflectors and filters based on TiO2-loaded polymers. Broadband terahertz reflection measurements with corresponding transfer matrix simulations are shown and the effect of curvature is analyzed.","PeriodicalId":6382,"journal":{"name":"2008 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science","volume":"471 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80905503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2008-05-04DOI: 10.1109/CLEO.2008.4551026
M. Schmidt, H. Tyagi, L. Prill Sempere, P. Russell
A broad-band in-fiber polarizer with suppression >25 dB over 300 nm bandwidth is reported. It is made by introducing a high quality Ge nanowire into one of the hollow channels of a photonic crystal fiber.
{"title":"Polarization properties of PCF with Ge-nanowire","authors":"M. Schmidt, H. Tyagi, L. Prill Sempere, P. Russell","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2008.4551026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2008.4551026","url":null,"abstract":"A broad-band in-fiber polarizer with suppression >25 dB over 300 nm bandwidth is reported. It is made by introducing a high quality Ge nanowire into one of the hollow channels of a photonic crystal fiber.","PeriodicalId":6382,"journal":{"name":"2008 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science","volume":"10 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81095305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2008-05-04DOI: 10.1109/CLEO.2008.4552383
L. Lui, A. Zhang, P. Wai, H. Tam, M. Demokan
We demonstrate a 40 Gb/s optical clock recovery based on optical parametric oscillator using a highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber as the dynamic gain medium.
采用高度非线性光子晶体光纤作为动态增益介质,实现了基于光参量振荡器的40gb /s光时钟恢复。
{"title":"40 Gb/s optical clock recovery based on an optical parametric oscillator with photonic crystal fiber","authors":"L. Lui, A. Zhang, P. Wai, H. Tam, M. Demokan","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2008.4552383","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2008.4552383","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate a 40 Gb/s optical clock recovery based on optical parametric oscillator using a highly nonlinear photonic crystal fiber as the dynamic gain medium.","PeriodicalId":6382,"journal":{"name":"2008 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science","volume":"20 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81149014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2008-05-04DOI: 10.1109/CLEO.2008.4551397
A. Khadour, S. Bouchoule, G. Aubin, J. Tourrenc, A. Miard, J. Harmand, J. Decobert, J. Oudar
We report a 2 GHz mode locked vertical external cavity surface emitting laser using a hybrid metal-metamorphic Bragg mirror on the gain structure with a resonant two quantum wells GaInNAs semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM).
{"title":"Mode locked 1550 nm VECSEL using a two quantum wells GaInNAs Saturable Absorber","authors":"A. Khadour, S. Bouchoule, G. Aubin, J. Tourrenc, A. Miard, J. Harmand, J. Decobert, J. Oudar","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2008.4551397","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2008.4551397","url":null,"abstract":"We report a 2 GHz mode locked vertical external cavity surface emitting laser using a hybrid metal-metamorphic Bragg mirror on the gain structure with a resonant two quantum wells GaInNAs semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM).","PeriodicalId":6382,"journal":{"name":"2008 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science","volume":"39 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76269373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2008-05-04DOI: 10.1109/CLEO.2008.4552347
D.-C. Wu, S.Z. Wu, M.-H. Mao
We demonstrated a new device structure with a central window on the quantum-dot laser stripe to generate the self-pulsation phenomenon. Furthermore, we apply the same device to study laser dynamics under femtosecond optical pulse excitation.
{"title":"A windowed-stripe quantum-dot laser structure for self-pulsation generation and lasing dynamic study under femtosecond optical pulse excitation","authors":"D.-C. Wu, S.Z. Wu, M.-H. Mao","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2008.4552347","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2008.4552347","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrated a new device structure with a central window on the quantum-dot laser stripe to generate the self-pulsation phenomenon. Furthermore, we apply the same device to study laser dynamics under femtosecond optical pulse excitation.","PeriodicalId":6382,"journal":{"name":"2008 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science","volume":"41 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76271779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2008-05-04DOI: 10.1109/CLEO.2008.4551707
P. Rakich, M. Soljačić, Y. Fink
A simple and robust 2.14 um fiber-based laser source is demonstrated via higher order cascaded Raman scattering in silica fiber. The temporal and spectral characteristics of the laser are compared with simulations.
{"title":"Efficient mid-IR spectral generation via 4th order cascaded-Raman amplification","authors":"P. Rakich, M. Soljačić, Y. Fink","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2008.4551707","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2008.4551707","url":null,"abstract":"A simple and robust 2.14 um fiber-based laser source is demonstrated via higher order cascaded Raman scattering in silica fiber. The temporal and spectral characteristics of the laser are compared with simulations.","PeriodicalId":6382,"journal":{"name":"2008 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science","volume":"67 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79540749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2008-05-04DOI: 10.1109/CLEO.2008.4552051
P. Moreno Zarate, P. Rodriguez, S. Koeber, K. Meerholz, S. Mansurova
Adaptive velocimeter based on the AC non-steady state photo-EMF effect induced by oscillating interference pattern has been investigated. The possibility to detect very low velocities (micrometer per second) using photoconductive polymer based detector was demonstrated.
{"title":"Adaptive detection of Doppler frequency shift using ac non-steady-state photo-EMF effect","authors":"P. Moreno Zarate, P. Rodriguez, S. Koeber, K. Meerholz, S. Mansurova","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2008.4552051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2008.4552051","url":null,"abstract":"Adaptive velocimeter based on the AC non-steady state photo-EMF effect induced by oscillating interference pattern has been investigated. The possibility to detect very low velocities (micrometer per second) using photoconductive polymer based detector was demonstrated.","PeriodicalId":6382,"journal":{"name":"2008 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science","volume":"42 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80793651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2008-05-04DOI: 10.1109/CLEO.2008.4551239
P. Williams, W. Swann, N. Newbury
We present theory and experiment quantifying the limitations to stable transport of optical frequencies over optical fiber. These are fundamental fiber noise, propagation delay, bidirectional propagation and system noise in the measurement interferometers.
{"title":"Practical performance limits on optical frequency transfer over fiber optic links","authors":"P. Williams, W. Swann, N. Newbury","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2008.4551239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2008.4551239","url":null,"abstract":"We present theory and experiment quantifying the limitations to stable transport of optical frequencies over optical fiber. These are fundamental fiber noise, propagation delay, bidirectional propagation and system noise in the measurement interferometers.","PeriodicalId":6382,"journal":{"name":"2008 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science","volume":"43 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85385195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}