Abstract

The use of Raman gain in conventional fiber followed by dispersion compensation in a holey fiber in a synchronously pumped laser configuration allowed compression by a factor of 8.5 of output pulses at a selected wavelength with respect to the pump pulses. We obtained 2-ps output pulses at $1.14 \mathit{\mu }\mathrm{m}$ from a totally fiber-integrated laser pumped with 17-ps pulses at $1 \mathit{\mu }\mathrm{m}$. Higher pulse compression should be possible with nonlinear chirp compensation. Ultrashort-pulse, all-fiber Raman lasers at wavelengths shorter than $1.3 \mathit{\mu }\mathrm{m}$ are feasible.

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Continuous-wave, high-power, Raman continuum generation in holey fibers

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