Self-starting stretched-pulse fiber laser mode locked and stabilized with slow and fast semiconductor saturable absorbers

被引：39
作者：
Guina, M
Xiang, N
Vainionpää, A
Okhotnikov, OG
Sajavaara, T
Keinonen, J
机构：
[1] Tampere Univ Technol, Optoelect Res Ctr, FIN-33101 Tampere, Finland
[2] Univ Helsinki, Accelerator Lab, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland
来源：
OPTICS LETTERS | 2001年 / 26卷 / 22期
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D O I：
10.1364/OL.26.001809
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
A self-starting stretched-pulse mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser that uses fast and slow semiconductor saturable absorbers is described. By using two absorbers, we obtained reliable operation at a fundamental repetition rate with 250 pJ of pulse energy without multiple-pulse breakup. External chirp compensation was used to compress the highly chirped pulses to durations of 135 fs. (C) 2001 Optical Society of America.
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页码：1809 / 1811
页数：3
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