Self-starting mode-locked erbium fiber laser using grating reflectors

Kenneth J. Teegarden; Reinhard K. Erdmann

doi:10.1117/12.212696

30 June 1995 Self-starting mode-locked erbium fiber laser using grating reflectors

Kenneth J. Teegarden, Reinhard K. Erdmann

Proceedings Volume 2481, Photonic Device Engineering for Dual-Use Applications; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.212696
Event: SPIE's 1995 Symposium on OE/Aerospace Sensing and Dual Use Photonics, 1995, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The construction and operating characteristics of a compact self starting mode locked erbium fiber laser are described in this paper. The laser employs a Fabry-Perot cavity with a fiber grating as one reflector and a nonlinear mirror based on a saturable absorber as the other. It operates at a pump power of less than 50 mW and produces mode locked pulses of 16.5 ps duration at a frequency of 3.25 MHz and a peak power of about 20 W.

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Kenneth J. Teegarden and Reinhard K. Erdmann "Self-starting mode-locked erbium fiber laser using grating reflectors", Proc. SPIE 2481, Photonic Device Engineering for Dual-Use Applications, (30 June 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.212696

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