LOW THRESHOLD, 290-FS ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER LASER WITH A NONLINEAR AMPLIFYING LOOP MIRROR PUMPED BY INGAASP LASER-DIODES

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NAKAZAWA, M
YOSHIDA, E
KIMURA, Y
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[1] NTT Transmission Systems Laboratories, Lightwave Communication Laboratory, Tokai
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10.1063/1.106134
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O59 [应用物理学];
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290 fs soliton pulses at 1.56-mu-m have been successfully obtained for the first time from a laser-diode pumped erbium-doped fiber laser with a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror. The laser was pumped by InGaAsP laser diodes and the threshold for starting the pulse oscillation was 50 mW. The passive mode-locking continued to a pump power level as low as 10 mW. The repetition rate was uncontrollable and varied between the fundamental repetition rate of 5 MHz and 1.2-2 GHz.
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