90-fs stretched-pulse ytterbium-doped double-clad fiber laser

Opt Lett. 2003 Aug 1;28(15):1305-7. doi: 10.1364/ol.28.001305.

Abstract

We report ultrashort, high-energy pulse generation from a side-pumped Yb-doped double-clad fiber laser. The laser is operating in the stretched-pulse regime. It directly generates 4.8-ps, 5-nJ pulses that are extracavity compressed to 90 fs.