A novel ring cavity incorporated with both semiconductor saturable absorber mirror and grating pair is proposed and demonstrated in a Yb-doped fiber laser. The laser proves self-starting and delivers 84-fs pulses at 1038 nm with a spectral bandwidth of 22 nm. The pulse energy is 0.55 nJ.
Published in:
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
(Volume:21
,
Issue:
1
)
Date of Publication: Jan.1, 2009