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Erschienen in: Optical and Quantum Electronics 11/2017

01.11.2017

Mode-locking S-band erbium fiber laser by employing alcohol-based saturable-absorber

verfasst von: Yung Hsu, Chien-Hung Yeh, Chi-Wai Chow

Erschienen in: Optical and Quantum Electronics | Ausgabe 11/2017

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Abstract

In this work, we investigate a passively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber (EDF) laser employing alcohol-based saturable absorber (SA) in S-band window for the first time. The operated S-band range is completed by using erbium-doped silica fiber with depressed cladding scheme and 980 nm pump laser to produce the gain extension effect in S-band. The alcohol is utilized to serve as the saturable absorber (SA) of the EDF laser, which is cost-effective and easily-prepared. Here, the pulse repetition rate and pulse duration of proposed EDF laser are 2.55 MHz and 13.2 ns, respectively, when the 980 nm pump laser is set at 455 mW. In addition, to the best of our knowledge, it is the first investigation of passively mode-locked EDF laser with an alcohol-based SA in S-band.

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Metadaten
Titel
Mode-locking S-band erbium fiber laser by employing alcohol-based saturable-absorber
verfasst von
Yung Hsu
Chien-Hung Yeh
Chi-Wai Chow
Publikationsdatum
01.11.2017
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Optical and Quantum Electronics / Ausgabe 11/2017
Print ISSN: 0306-8919
Elektronische ISSN: 1572-817X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-017-1208-z

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