DocumentCode :
74117
Title :
Author :
Jiao Lin Luo ; Lei Li ; Yan Qi Ge ; Xin Xin Jin ; Ding Yuan Tang ; De Yuan Shen ; Shu Min Zhang ; Lu Ming Zhao
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys. & Electron. Eng., Jiangsu Normal Univ., Xuzhou, China
Volume :
26
Issue :
24
fYear :
2014
fDate :
Dec.15, 15 2014
Firstpage :
2438
Lastpage :
2441
Abstract :
We report an L-band passively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber ring laser using the nonlinear polarization rotation technique. The center wavelength of the fiber laser can be tuned from 1575.5 to 1603.6 nm. The 458.7-fs pulses at 1603.6 nm show an 8.6-MHz pulse repetition rate. To the best of our knowledge, it is the longest wavelength for which subpicosecond pulses have been achieved so far with the nonlinear polarization rotation technique.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; laser tuning; nonlinear optics; optical fibre polarisation; optical rotation; ring lasers; L-band femtosecond fiber laser mode locking; L-band passively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber ring laser; frequency 8.6 MHz; nonlinear polarization rotation technique; pulse repetition rate; subpicosecond pulses; time 458.7 fs; wavelength 1575.5 nm to 1603.6 nm; Cavity resonators; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; L band; fiber lasers; nonlinear polarization rotation;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1041-1135
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2014.2358636
Filename :
6901213
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