Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 44, Issue 20, 2014001(2024)

Mode‐Locked Fiber Lasers Based on Graded Index Multimode Fiber

Qian Tu1,2, Yunhan Zhu1,2, Jianhua Chang1,2、*, Youpeng Su1,2, and Tianyi Lu1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Electronics & Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, Jiangsu , China
  • 2Jiangsu Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, Jiangsu , China
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    Figures & Tables(10)
    Structure diagram of GIMF-SMF-GIMF
    Power-dependent transmission curves of GSG structure
    Schematic diagram of fiber laser
    Output power versus pump power
    Pulse output characteristics insingle wavelength mode-locked state. (a) Spectrum of single wavelength mode-locked at 1558.6 nm; (b) radio frequency spectrum with a fundamental frequency of 8.5 MHz; (c) pulse trains; (d) autocorrelation trace
    Spectra of single wavelength-tuning mode-locked fiber laser
    Switching between single and dual wavelengths. (a)(b) Spectra of 1556.2 nm and 1531.6 nm mode-locked states; (c) spectra of 1556.2‒1531.6 nm dual-wavelength mode-locked states; (d) pulse sequences during dual-wavelength mode-locked operation
    Tuning spectra of SMF lengths of 4 cm and 5 cm. (a) Tuning range length is 9.5 nm when SMF length is 4 cm; (b) tuning range length is 9 nm when SMF length is 5 cm
    Stability test of fiber laser
    • Table 1. Comparison of performance of different mode-locked structures based on GIMF

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      Table 1. Comparison of performance of different mode-locked structures based on GIMF

      Saturable absorber structure

      Center

      wavelength /nm

      Tuning range

      length /nm

      SNR /

      dB

      Tuning method

      Mode-locked

      threshold /mW

      Reference
      Tapered fiber-GIMF-tapered fiber155852Attenuator/PC33826
      NCF-GIMF15742760.4Stretched8327
      SMF-GIMF-SMF twined into PC156414PC7128
      GIMF19391557PC30029
      Tapered GIMF1935962PC12020
      GIMF-SMF-GIMF1558864PC46Our work
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    Qian Tu, Yunhan Zhu, Jianhua Chang, Youpeng Su, Tianyi Lu. Mode‐Locked Fiber Lasers Based on Graded Index Multimode Fiber[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2024, 44(20): 2014001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Apr. 1, 2024

    Accepted: May. 23, 2024

    Published Online: Oct. 11, 2024

    The Author Email: Chang Jianhua (jianhuachang@nuist.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS240798

    CSTR:32393.14.AOS240798

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