High Power Laser Science and Engineering, Volume. 8, Issue 2, 02000e14(2020)

Two-micron all-fiberized passively mode-locked fiber lasers with high-energy nanosecond pulse

Meng Wang1, Yijian Huang2, Zongpeng Song1, Jincheng Wei3, Jihong Pei4, and Shuangchen Ruan1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Precision Manufacturing Technology of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen 518118, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and System of Ministry of Education, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
  • 3Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Laser Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
  • 4Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Precision Manufacturing Technology of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen 518118, China
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    SMS fiber structure MMI: (a) structure configuration; (b) transmission characteristics[31].
    Schematic configuration of SESA-based nanosecond TDFL. LD, laser diode; PC, polarization controller; CPS, cladding power stripper; SMF, single mode fiber.
    Output properties of the fiber laser without SA: (a) typical output spectra with and without the SMS fiber structure MMI; (b) output efficiencies of the fiber laser with and without the SMS fiber structure MMI.
    Typical mode-locked properties of the fiber laser at pump power of ∼2.83 W: (a), (b) mode-locked pulses; (c) output spectrum; (d) output RF spectra.
    (a) Mode-locked pulse envelopes at different pump powers; (b) pulse duration versus pump power.
    (a) Average output power and pulse energy variance with the pump power; (b) peak power variance with the pump power.
    Schematic configuration of CNTs-PVA-based nanosecond TDFL.
    Saturable absorber properties of the CNTs-PVA.
    Typical mode-locking performance of the CNT-based fiber laser at pump power of ∼2.12 W: (a) output spectrum; (b) output RF spectrum; (c), (d) mode-locked pulses.
    • Table 1. Comparison of output properties of 2 μm nanosecond mode-locked fiber lasers

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      Table 1. Comparison of output properties of 2 μm nanosecond mode-locked fiber lasers

      Maximum output Maximum pulse Pulse
      SAWavelength (nm) power (mW) energy (nJ)duration (ns) Reference
      ‘Real’ SA Graphene 1897.7–1930.2 ∼33.935.2 ∼122–143[22]
      Graphene 2010.15 ∼5.51.4 ∼3.8–94.3[25]
      CNTs 2003.1 ∼4626.8 ∼9.3Our work
      SESA 2002.9 ∼461141.7 ∼1.6–9.1Our work
      ‘Artificial’ SA NPR 1960 ∼95/ ∼304[23]
      Self-mode-locking 1985.5 ∼66.8 ∼32.7 ∼40[24]
      NALM 1975.56 ∼43.1 ∼40.5 ∼3.74–72.19[28]
      NALM 1940.2–1969.2 ∼60.73 ∼19.51 ∼0.48–6.19[27]
      NALM 1985 ∼670 ∼400 ∼50[29]
      NOLM 1948.13 ∼295 ∼1.5 μJ ∼2.4–21.2[30]
      NOLM 2005.9 ∼1.4 W ∼353 ∼1.9–13.7[31]
      Intermode beating 1983 ∼1.03 W ∼10745[35]
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    Meng Wang, Yijian Huang, Zongpeng Song, Jincheng Wei, Jihong Pei, Shuangchen Ruan. Two-micron all-fiberized passively mode-locked fiber lasers with high-energy nanosecond pulse[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2020, 8(2): 02000e14

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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Dec. 23, 2019

    Accepted: Feb. 18, 2020

    Published Online: Apr. 30, 2020

    The Author Email: Shuangchen Ruan (scruan@sztu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1017/hpl.2020.7

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