Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 46, Issue 5, 0508026(2019)

Continuously Tunable Mode-Locked Fiber Laser Based on Tilted Fiber Grating

Lilong Dai1, Chuanhang Zou1, Qianqian Huang1, Zinan Huang1, Yuanda Ling1, Zhikun Xing2, Zhijun Yan2, and Chengbo Mou1、*
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Specialty Fiber Optics and Optical Access Networks, Joint International Research Laboratory of Specialty Fiber Optics and Advanced Communication, Shanghai Institute for Advanced Communication and Data Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
  • 2National Engineering Laboratory for Next Generation Internet Access System, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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    In this study, we demonstrate a wavelength-tunable passively mode-locked fiber laser based on a 45° tilted fiber grating and a tapered fiber using the nonlinear polarization rotation technique. Further, stable mode-locked pulses with a central wavelength of 1568.8 nm and output power of 2.31 mW can be obtained when the input pump power is increased to 454 mW. Accordingly, the 3-dB spectral bandwidth and pulse width are 4.5 nm and 1.3 ps, respectively. Subsequently, the central wavelength of the pulse can be continuously tuned from 1568.8 nm to 1560.24 nm using the tapered fiber as an adjustable attenuator to modulate the cavity loss. The demonstrated fiber laser can be used in several fields, including sensing, spectroscopy, and telecommunications.

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    Lilong Dai, Chuanhang Zou, Qianqian Huang, Zinan Huang, Yuanda Ling, Zhikun Xing, Zhijun Yan, Chengbo Mou. Continuously Tunable Mode-Locked Fiber Laser Based on Tilted Fiber Grating[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2019, 46(5): 0508026

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    Paper Information

    Category: nonlinear optics

    Received: Dec. 12, 2018

    Accepted: Feb. 15, 2019

    Published Online: Nov. 11, 2019

    The Author Email: Mou Chengbo (mouc1@shu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL201946.0508026

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