Actively mode-locked fiber ring laser by intermodal acousto-optic modulation

被引：23

作者：

Bello-Jimenez, M. ^{[1
]}

Cuadrado-Laborde, C. ^{[2
]}

Saez-Rodriguez, D. ^{[1
]}

Diez, A. ^{[1
]}

Cruz, J. L. ^{[1
]}

Andres, M. V. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Aplicada & Electromagnetismo, ICMUV, E-46100 Valencia, Spain

[2] CIOp CONICET La Plata CIC, RA-1897 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 2010年 / 35卷 / 22期

关键词：

LOCKING; PROFILE;

D O I：

10.1364/OL.35.003781

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We report an actively mode-locked fiber ring laser. A simple and low-insertion-loss acousto-optic modulator driven by standing flexural waves, which couples core-to-cladding modes in a standard single-mode optical fiber, is used as an active mechanism for mode locking. Among the remarkable features of the modulator, we mention its high modulation depth (72%), broad bandwidth (187 GHz), easy tunability in the optical wavelength, and low insertion losses (0: 7 dB). The narrowest optical pulses obtained were of 95 ps time width, 21 mW peak power, repetition rate of 4: 758 MHz, and 110 mW of pump power. (C) 2010 Optical Society of America

引用

页码：3781 / 3783

页数：3

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