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Generation of octave-spanning spectra inside reverse-photon-exchanged periodically poled lithium niobate waveguides
Carsten Langrock1, M M Fejer, I Hartl
1Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085, USA. langrock@stanford.edu
Optics Letters
|September 4, 2007
Abstract:
We demonstrate simultaneous octave-level spectral broadening and carrier-envelope-offset sensing of mode-locked Er- and Yb-doped femtosecond fiber lasers using constant-period and chirped reverse-proton-exchanged periodically poled lithium niobate waveguides. Chirped quasi-phase-matching gratings greatly improve spectral broadening of Yb-fiber lasers.
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