Mode-locked thulium-doped fiber laser with a narrow bandwidth and high pulse energy

被引：9
作者：
Zhou, W. [1 ,2 ]
Shen, D. Y. [1 ]
Wang, Y. S. [1 ]
Long, J. Y. [1 ]
An, Y. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, State Key Lab Transient Opt & Photon, Xian Inst Opt & Precis Mech, Xian 710119, Peoples R China
[2] Xi An Jiao Tong Univ, Dept Phys, Xian 710049, Peoples R China
来源：
LASER PHYSICS LETTERS | 2012年 / 9卷 / 08期
关键词：
fiber lasers; thulium-doped fiber; passively mode-locking; narrow bandwidth; REPETITION RATE; TM; OSCILLATOR;
D O I：
10.7452/lapl.201210039
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
We have demonstrated a mode-locked thulium-doped fiber laser with a narrow bandwidth and high pulse energy using a semiconductor saturable absorption mirror (SESAM). The laser generates sub-nanosecond pulses with a repetition rate of 39.8 MHz, average power of 150 mW, pulse energy of 3.8 nJ and spectrum width of 2 nm which should be attractive for pump sources to generate mid-infrared. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on a 2 mu m mode-locked fiber-oscillator with a narrow spectral width and highest pulse energy in the all-anomalous-dispersion regime. (C) 2012 by Astro, Ltd.
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页码：587 / 590
页数：4
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