Self-starting passive harmonic mode-locked femtosecond Yb3+-doped fiber laser at 1030 nm

被引：28

作者：

Deng, YJ ^{[1
]}

Knox, WH ^{[1
]}

机构：

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

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OPTICS LETTERS | 2004年 / 29卷 / 18期

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D O I：

10.1364/OL.29.002121

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We demonstrate, for the first time to our knowledge, a self-starting passive harmonic mode-locked femtosecond Yb3+-doped fiber laser with a scalable repetition rate of up to 585 MHz and >45 dB of supermode suppression. Pulse-to-pulse jitter of similar to14 ps is measured by optical cross correlation at the ninth harmonic, and radio-frequency (RF) spectrum measurements show that certain correlations exist between pulses in harmonic mode. Our results suggest that one of the proposed passive harmonic mode-locking mechanisms may be dominant for this laser. (C) 2004 Optical Society of America.

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页码：2121 / 2123

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