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Environmentally stable picosecond Yb fiber laser with low repetition rate

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A SESAM-mode-locked, all-polarization-maintaining Ytterbium fiber laser producing picosecond pulses with narrow spectral bandwidth is presented. A simple linear all-fiber cavity without dispersion compensation is realized using a uniform fiber Bragg grating (FBG). Different cavity lengths are investigated and repetition rates down to 0.7 MHz are obtained. Bandwidth and pulse duration of the output pulses are mainly determined by the choice of FBG. Pulses between 30 and 200 ps are generated employing different FBGs with bandwidths between 17 and 96 pm. The experimental results are in good agreement with numerical simulations. The laser holds great potential for simple amplification setups without pulse picking.

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This work was supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) [13N10773]; and the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad of Spain [TEC2008-05490]. M.B. acknowledges support from the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung.

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  1. Institute of Applied Physics, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 07745, Jena, Germany

    M. Baumgartl, J. Limpert & A. Tünnermann

  2. Departmento de Física Aplicada-ICMUV, Universidad de Valencia, Dr. Moliner 50, 46100, Burjassot, Spain

    J. Abreu-Afonso & A. Díez

  3. Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT), Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany

    M. Rothhardt

  4. Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering, Albert-Einstein-Str. 7, 07745, Jena, Germany

    A. Tünnermann

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Baumgartl, M., Abreu-Afonso, J., Díez, A. et al. Environmentally stable picosecond Yb fiber laser with low repetition rate. Appl. Phys. B 111, 39–43 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-012-5304-2

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