Nonlinear Polarization Evolution Mode-Locked YDFL Based on All-PM Fiber Cavity

Zhichao Wu; Qian Wei; Pan Huang; Songnian Fu; Deming Liu; Tianye Huang

doi:10.1109/JPHOT.2020.2979327

IEEE Photonics Journal (Jan 2020)

Nonlinear Polarization Evolution Mode-Locked YDFL Based on All-PM Fiber Cavity

Zhichao Wu,
Qian Wei,
Pan Huang,
Songnian Fu,
Deming Liu,
Tianye Huang

Affiliations

Zhichao Wu: ORCiD; School of Mechanical Engineering and Electronic Information, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
Qian Wei: ORCiD; School of Mechanical Engineering and Electronic Information, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
Pan Huang: School of Mechanical Engineering and Electronic Information, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
Songnian Fu: Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, and School of Optical and Electronical Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Deming Liu: Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, and School of Optical and Electronical Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Tianye Huang: ORCiD; School of Mechanical Engineering and Electronic Information, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2020.2979327
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 2
pp. 1 – 7

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Polarization-maintaining (PM) all-fiber cavity is always essential to realize stable ultrafast-pulse generation. With the help of five sections of PM fibers with independently specific splicing angles, we successfully obtain a femtosecond pulse output from a PM Ytterbium-doped fiber laser (YDFL) mode-locked by the nonlinear polarization evolution (NPE) technique. Using a hybrid component, the PM all-fiber cavity can be greatly simplified. Ultrafast-pulses with 24.5-MHz repetition rate, 20-nm spectral bandwidth, and 260-fs pulse duration after external compression can be steadily generated. In comparison with the non-PM fiber cavity, the proposed YDFL has excellent long-term environmental stability, making it ideal for various practical applications.

Published in IEEE Photonics Journal

ISSN: 1943-0655 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
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