Higher-order soliton generation in hybrid mode-locked thulium-doped fiber ring laser

Maria A. Chernysheva, Alexander A. Krylov, Chengbo Mou, Raz N. Arif, Alex G. Rozhin, Mark H. Rümmelli, Sergey K. Turitsyn, Evgeny M. Dianov

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Abstract

A thulium-doped all-fiber laser passively mode-locked by the co-action of nonlinear polarization evolution and single-walled carbon nanotubes operating at 1860-1980 nm wavelength band is demonstrated. Pumped with the single-mode laser diode at 1.55 μm laser generates near 500-fs soliton pulses at repetition rate ranging from 6.3 to 72.5 MHz in single-pulse operation regime. Having 3-m long cavity average output power reached 300 mW, giving the peak power of 4.88 kW and the pulse energy of 2.93 nJ with slope efficiency higher than 30%. At a 21.6-m long ring cavity average output power of 117 mW is obtained, corresponding to the pulse energy up to 10.87 nJ and a pulse peak power of 21.7 kW, leading to the higher-order soliton generation.
Original languageEnglish
Article number1100908
Pages (from-to)425-432
Number of pages8
JournalIEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
Volume20
Issue number5
Early online date24 Feb 2014
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Sept 2014

Keywords

  • carbon nanotube
  • fiber lasers
  • laser mode locking
  • optical pulse shaping

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