Title :
High-repetition-rate passive harmonic mode-locking in an SOA-based fiber laser with normal dispersion
Author :
Chen, Hou-Ren ; Wu, Chih-Hsuan ; Lin, Kuei-Huei ; Cheng, Jo-Yi ; Wu, Hsiao-Hua ; Hsieh, Wen-Feng
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics, Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
fDate :
Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
Abstract :
Harmonic mode-locking is operated in an 18-m figure-8 laser cavity having SOA gain medium at 1060 nm under normal dispersion. We can tune the repetition rate from 0.336 to 1.75 GHz by adjusting intracavity polarization at 100 mA pump.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical dispersion; optical harmonic generation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA-based fiber laser; current 100 mA; high-repetition-rate passive harmonic mode-locking; intracavity polarization; normal dispersion; repetition rate; wavelength 1060 nm; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Pump lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1939-4
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193956
