Fiber laser mode-locked with a semiconductor saturable absorber etalon operating in transmission

被引：9
作者：
Isomaeki, Antti [1 ]
Guina, Mircea D.
Tuomisto, Pietari
Okhotnikov, Oleg G.
机构：
[1] Tampere Univ Technol, Optoelect Res Ctr, FIN-33101 Tampere, Finland
[2] RefleKron Ltd, FIN-33720 Tampere, Finland
来源：
IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS | 2006年 / 18卷 / 17-20期
关键词：
mode-locked lasers; optical fiber lasers; quantum-well devices; ultrafast optics;
D O I：
10.1109/LPT.2006.883894
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 ring cavity ytterbium fiber laser mode-locked with a semiconductor saturable absorber used in transmission. The resonant cavity-enhanced nonlinear response corresponding to the low-loss transmission state enables a robust self-starting mode-locking. Such a transfer function is opposite to that of the resonant absorber operating in the reflection mode, where the highest modulation depth matches the high-loss state. The device ensures ultrashort pulse operation with the wavelength self-adjusted to the optimal value corresponding to the low-loss state of the laser cavity. When using a saturable absorber etalon in transmission mode, the mode-locking mechanism is also highly tolerant to the total cavity dispersion.
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页码：2150 / 2152
页数：3
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