Mode-locked Tm fiber laser using SMF-SIMF-GIMF-SMF fiber structure as a saturable absorber

被引:102
作者
Li, Huanhuan [1 ]
Wang, Zhaokun [2 ]
Li, Can [1 ]
Zhang, Junjie [1 ]
Xu, Shiqing [1 ]
机构
[1] China Jiliang Univ, Coll Mat Sci & Engn, Hangzhou 310018, Zhejiang, Peoples R China
[2] China Jiliang Univ, Inst Optoelect Technol, Hangzhou 310018, Zhejiang, Peoples R China
来源
OPTICS EXPRESS | 2017年 / 25卷 / 22期
关键词
MULTIMODE OPTICAL-FIBER; MU-M; INTERFERENCE; LOCKING; MIRROR; 2-MU-M;
D O I
10.1364/OE.25.026546
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We demonstrate a mode-locked all-fiber Tm laser using a single mode-step index multimode-graded-index multimode-single mode fiber structure as a saturable absorber based on the nonlinear multimodal interference. Stable fundamentally mode-locking operation was obtained at a pump threshold of 180mW. The output soliton pulses had a center wavelength, spectral width, pulse duration, and repetition rate of 1888 nm, 3.6 nm, 1.4 ps, and 19.82 MHz, respectively. This is a simple, low-cost, stable, and convenient laser oscillator with many potential applications in eye-safe ultrafast photonics. (C) 2017 Optical Society of America
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页码:26546 / 26553
页数:8
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