Fundamentally mode-locked, femtosecond waveguide oscillators with multi-gigahertz repetition frequencies up to 15 GHz

被引：51

作者：

Lagatsky, Alexander A. ^{[1
]}

Choudhary, Amol ^{[2
]}

Kannan, Pradeesh ^{[2
]}

Shepherd, David P. ^{[2
]}

Sibbett, Wilson ^{[1
]}

Brown, Christian T. A. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ St Andrews, Sch Phys & Astron, SUPA, St Andrews KY16 9SS, Fife, Scotland

[2] Univ Southampton, Optoelect Res Ctr, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England

来源：

OPTICS EXPRESS | 2013年 / 21卷 / 17期

基金：

英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;

关键词：

FIBER LASERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPACT; LOCKING; JITTER; COMB;

D O I：

10.1364/OE.21.019608

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We demonstrate passively mode-locked Yb3+-doped glass waveguide lasers in a quasi-monolithic configuration with a maximum pulse repetition frequency up to 15.2 GHz. A semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) is used to achieve stable mode-locking around 1050 nm with pulse durations as short as 811 fs and an average power up to 27 mW. Different waveguide samples are also employed to deliver pulses with repetition rates of 4.9 GHz, 10.4 GHz and 12 GHz with an average power of 32 mW, 60 mW and 45 mW, respectively. The group velocity dispersion control in the cavity is provided by changing the gap between the SESAM and the waveguide end-face to facilitate a soliton mode-locking regime. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America

引用

页码：19608 / 19614

页数：7

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