Colliding-pulse passive harmonic mode-locking in a femtosecond Yb-doped fiber laser with a semiconductor saturable absorber

被引：38

作者：

Deng, Y ^{[1
]}

Koch, MW ^{[1
]}

Lu, F ^{[1
]}

Wicks, GW ^{[1
]}

Knox, WH ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Rochester, Inst Opt, Rochester, NY 14627 USA

来源：

OPTICS EXPRESS | 2004年 / 12卷 / 16期

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D O I：

10.1364/OPEX.12.003872

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We demonstrate a passive harmonic mode-locked femtosecond Yb-doped fiber laser employing a semiconductor saturable absorber in a colliding-pulse configuration. 380-fs pulses at 605 MHz repetition rate with >60 dB supermode suppression is achieved. (C) 2004 Optical Society of America.

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页码：3872 / 3877

页数：6

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