Title :
Switchable dual-wavelength passively mode-locked fiber laser using SESAM and comb filter
Author :
Luo, Zhi-Chao ; Luo, Ai-Ping ; Xu, Wen-Cheng
Author_Institution :
Key Lab. of Photonic Inf. Technol., South China Normal Univ., Guangzhou, China
Abstract :
We propose and demonstrate an efficiently switchable dual-wavelength passively mode-locked fiber laser incorporating a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM) and a comb filter. The onset of passive mode-locking is assisted with the SESAM. By properly rotating the polarization controllers (PCs), the switchable dual-wavelength mode-locked operation are efficiently obtained.
Keywords :
comb filters; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical fibre polarisation; optical saturable absorption; SESAM; comb filter; passively mode-locked fiber laser; polarization controllers; semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; switchable dual-wavelength fiber laser; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber filters; Optical fiber polarization; Optical switches;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2010 Asia
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7111-9
DOI :
10.1109/ACP.2010.5682644
