Description
The Project is aimed at the construction and characterization of a fiber laser mode-locked with the optical Kerr-effect for the generation of femtosecond pulse trains. The construction of the laser cavity includes the alignment of free-space components such as grating-pairs and collimators as well as the fabrication of a fiber-optic segment with fusion-splicing technology. All the required tools and skills will be taught throughout the course. Once mode-locked, the output of the laser will be characterized with different measurement tools that are widely used in the field of ultrafast optics such as autocorrelator, signal-source-analyzer, RF-spectrum analyzer, optical spectrometer and oscilloscope. Different lengths of the Ytterbium-doped active gain fiber will be implemented to investigate their influence on the laser parameters and the self-starting ability of the system with the goal to find the optimal configuration.
| Field | A5: Lasers and optics (methodology oriented) |
|---|---|
| DESY Place | Hamburg |
| DESY Division | FS |
| DESY Group | FS-CFEL-2 |
