Self-starting stretched-pulse fiber laser mode locked and stabilized with slow and fast semiconductor saturable absorbers

被引：39

作者：

Guina, M

Xiang, N

Vainionpää, A

Okhotnikov, OG

Sajavaara, T

Keinonen, J

机构：

[1] Tampere Univ Technol, Optoelect Res Ctr, FIN-33101 Tampere, Finland

[2] Univ Helsinki, Accelerator Lab, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 2001年 / 26卷 / 22期

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D O I：

10.1364/OL.26.001809

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

A self-starting stretched-pulse mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser that uses fast and slow semiconductor saturable absorbers is described. By using two absorbers, we obtained reliable operation at a fundamental repetition rate with 250 pJ of pulse energy without multiple-pulse breakup. External chirp compensation was used to compress the highly chirped pulses to durations of 135 fs. (C) 2001 Optical Society of America.

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页码：1809 / 1811

页数：3

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