Widely tunable multi-wavelength Tm-doped mode-locked fiber laser

We propose and demonstrate a tunable multi-wavelength Tm-doped mode-locked fiber laser. The mode-locked operation is enabled by nonlinear polarization evolution technique. The tunable operation and multi-wavelength laser emission is achieved by periodical cavity transmission modulation. The tunable...

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Main Authors: Yan, Zhiyu, Li, Xiaohui, Sun, Biao, Lou, Jiaqi, Ping, Perry S., Yu, Xia, Zhang, Ying, Wang, Qi Jie
Other Authors: Ballato, John
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/90153
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/47216
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:We propose and demonstrate a tunable multi-wavelength Tm-doped mode-locked fiber laser. The mode-locked operation is enabled by nonlinear polarization evolution technique. The tunable operation and multi-wavelength laser emission is achieved by periodical cavity transmission modulation. The tunable range of dual-wavelength mode-locking is 1864 to 1916 nm and tri-wavelength mode-locking is 1863 to 1912 nm, respectively, which is the widest in multi-wavelength Tm-doped mode-locked fiber laser to the best of our knowledge. The system has compact structure and both the multi-wavelength laser emission and tunable operation can be realized by controlling the polarization in the fiber ring cavity.