SOLITON FIBER RING LASER STABILIZATION AND TUNING WITH A BROAD INTRACAVITY FILTER

被引:95
作者
TAMURA, K [1 ]
DOERR, CR [1 ]
HAUS, HA [1 ]
IPPEN, EP [1 ]
机构
[1] MIT,ELECTR RES LAB,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02139
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10.1109/68.300166
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The periodic perturbations to the soliton in passively mode-locked fiber soliton lasers cause dispersive wave shedding, which lead to sharp spectral sidebands that limit pulse duration. By using a broad intracavity birefringent plate filter, the side-bands are greatly reduced, and the pulse duration is shortened. The filter also allows wavelength tuning, and a 43 nm continuous tuning range is demonstrated for pulses of 311-357 fs duration in a fully self-starting diode pumped system.
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