Soliton fiber laser with a hybrid saturable absorber

Journal Article · Thu Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1996 · Optics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.21.000207· OSTI ID:459794

Gray, S; Grudinin, A B ^[1]

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1. Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ (United Kingdom)

We present an experimental study of a picosecond fiber soliton laser in which mode locking is achieved by the combined action of a multiple-quantum-well saturable absorber and a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror. In this configuration the multiple-quantum-well sample acts not only as a saturable absorber but also as a passive phase modulator, while the inclusion of a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror fixes the energy of the generated pulses. The laser stably operates at a repetition rate of 250 MHz with a timing jitter below 10 ps. {copyright} {ital 1996 Optical Society of America.}

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 459794
• Journal Information: Optics Letters, Journal Name: Optics Letters Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 21; ISSN 0146-9592; ISSN OPLEDP
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
DESIGN
MODE LOCKING
NEAR INFRARED RADIATION
PERFORMANCE
PULSE TECHNIQUES
RING LASERS