Passively mode-locked ytterbium fiber laser utilizing chirped-fiber-Bragg-gratings for dispersion control

Ori Katz; Yoav Sintov; Yehuda Nafcha; Yaakov Glick

doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2006.07.034

Passively mode-locked ytterbium fiber laser utilizing chirped-fiber-Bragg-gratings for dispersion control

Ori Katz^*, Yoav Sintov, Yehuda Nafcha, Yaakov Glick

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Abstract

A robust, self-starting picosecond pulse source based on ytterbium (Yb³⁺) doped fiber laser is described. Utilizing a chirped-fiber-Bragg-grating (C-FBG) for dispersion control, solitary mode-locking is obtained without bulk dispersion compensation elements. A semiconductor saturable absorber (SESAM) is used for stable self-starting. 3.6 ps pulses are produced, with 45 MHz basic repetition-rate and mW scale average output power at 1060 nm. Detailed numerical simulations based on the modified nonlinear Schrödinger equation agree well with the experimental results and are used as a design tool for the solitary mode-locked picosecond laser. The presented design can be simply employed in an all-fiber environmentally-stable system.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	156-165
Number of pages	10
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	269
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2006.07.034
State	Published - 1 Jan 2007
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Mode-locked lasers
Optical fiber lasers
Semiconductor devices
Ytterbium

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