An All-Fiber 2-μm Wavelength-Tunable Mode-Locked Laser

被引：51

作者：

Fang, Qiang ^{[1
]}

Kieu, Khanh ^{[1
]}

Peyghambarian, Nasser ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Arizona, Coll Opt Sci, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA

来源：

IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS | 2010年 / 22卷 / 22期

关键词：

Midinfrared; mode-locking; saturable absorber (SA); tunable; PULSE-ENERGY; THULIUM; ABSORBER; TAPER;

D O I：

10.1109/LPT.2010.2077736

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

We report an all-fiber thulium-doped wavelength-tunable mode-locked laser operating near 2 mu m. Reliable self-starting mode locking over a large tuning range (>50 nm) using a fiber-taper-based carbon nanotube saturable absorber is observed. Spectral tuning is achieved by stretching another fiber taper. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of an all-fiber wavelength tunable mode-locked laser near 2 mu m.

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页码：1656 / 1658

页数：3

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