A simple all-normal-dispersion mode-locking laser based on large-mode-area Yb-doped Photonic crystal fiber

Author

Li, Pingxue ; Liu, Zhi ; Zhang, Xuexia ; Chi, Junjie

Author_Institution

Inst. of Laser Eng., Beijing Univ. of Technol., Beijing, China

Volume

1

fYear

2011

fDate

29-31 July 2011

Abstract

Stable mode-locked operation in a simple normal-cavity dispersion laser oscillator that consists of only Yb-doped Photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) and SESAM saturable absorber is studied. Without any discrete dispersion compensation components or conventional spectral filters, the SESAM works with the strongly chirped pulse. The laser generates 55 nJ stable mode-locked pulses with 45.2 MHz fundamental repetition rate at 1030.8 nm central wavelength. This kind of mode-locked fiber oscillators can compete in terms of pulse energy and peak power with most advanced bulk solid-state Ultra-short pulsed lasers.

Keywords

chirp modulation; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; holey fibres; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical fibre dispersion; optical saturable absorption; oscillators; photonic crystals; ytterbium; SESAM; all normal dispersion mode locking laser; chirped pulse; energy 55 nJ; large mode area photonic crystal fiber; normal cavity dispersion laser oscillator; semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; solid state ultrashort pulsed laser; wavelength 1030.8 nm; Chirp; Dispersion; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Lead; Photonics; Pump lasers; Mode-locked fiber laser; SESAM; Ultra-short pulse generation; photonic crystal fiber;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics and Optoelectronics (ICEOE), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Dalian

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-275-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEOE.2011.6013035

Filename

6013035