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Tunable and Switchable Narrow Bandwidth Semiconductor-Saturable Absorber Mirror Mode-Locked Yb-Doped Fiber Laser Delivering Different Pulse Widths |
| Zhao-Kun Wang1,2, Feng Zou1,2, Zi-Wei Wang1,2, Song-Tao Du1**, Jun Zhou1** |
1Shanghai Key Laboratory of Solid State Laser and Application, and Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800
2Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049
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Zhao-Kun Wang, Feng Zou, Zi-Wei Wang et al 2016 Chin. Phys. Lett. 33 034202 |
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Abstract The wavelength-tunable and switchable narrow bandwidth mode-locking operation is demonstrated in an all fiber laser based on semiconductor-saturable absorber mirror (SESAM). Two narrow-band fiber Bragg gratings centered at 1029.9 nm and 1032 nm respectively with a polarization controller inserted between them are used to realize the wavelength switchable between 1029.9 nm and 1032 nm. The laser delivers different pulse widths of 7.5 ps for 1030 nm and 20 ps for 1032 nm. The maximum output power for both could reach $\sim$6.5 mW at single pulse operation. The output wavelength could be tuned to about 0.9 nm intervals ranging from 1030.2 nm to 1031.1 nm and from 1032.15 nm to 1033.7 nm with the temperature change of the fiber Bragg grating, respectively.
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Received: 10 November 2015
Published: 31 March 2016
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42.55.Wd
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(Fiber lasers)
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42.60.Fc
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(Modulation, tuning, and mode locking)
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42.65.Re
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(Ultrafast processes; optical pulse generation and pulse compression)
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