Octave-Spanning Supercontinuum Generation From an NALM Mode-Locked Yb-Fiber Laser System

被引：29
作者：
Guo, Zhengru [1 ,2 ]
Hao, Qiang [1 ,2 ]
Yang, Song [1 ,2 ]
Liu, Tingting [1 ,2 ]
Hu, Hong [3 ]
Zeng, Heping [1 ,2 ,4 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Shanghai Sci & Technol, Sch Opt Elect & Comp Engn, Minist Educ, Shanghai Key Lab Modern Opt Syst & Engn, Shanghai 200093, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Shanghai Sci & Technol, Sch Opt Elect & Comp Engn, Minist Educ, Engn Res Ctr Opt Instrument & Syst, Shanghai 200093, Peoples R China
[3] Chinese Peoples Liberat Army Gen Hosp, Dept Pulm Med, Beijing 100853, Peoples R China
[4] East China Normal Univ, State Key Lab Precis Spect, Shanghai 200062, Peoples R China
来源：
IEEE PHOTONICS JOURNAL | 2017年 / 9卷 / 01期
基金：
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词：
Fiber Lasers; mode-locked laser; ultrafast laser; supercontinuum generation; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR; AMPLIFYING LOOP MIRROR; FREQUENCY COMB; FEMTOSECOND LASER; DISPERSION; METROLOGY; NM;
D O I：
10.1109/JPHOT.2017.2655003
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 demonstrate a broadband all polarization-maintaining Yb-fiber laser system that provides 137-nJ pulse at 140-fs duration. The pulses are generated in a passively mode-locked laser in which the nonlinear amplifying loop mirror acts as the mode locker, an integrated nonreciprocal device biases pi/2 phase shift to reduce the mode locking threshold, and a pair of gratings are involved to force the oscillator operating in its quietest mode. Self-started mode locking is first achieved in multiple-pulse regime with 250-mW pump power, and stable single-pulse operation with 1.1-ps pulse duration, 75-pJ energy, and 29-nm spectral width are obtained subsequently when the pump power is decreased to 135 mW. Being amplified and spectral broadened, the laser pulses lead to an f(ceo) signal with >30-dB signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) which is suitable for frequency comb stabilization.
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