Passive harmonic mode-locked soliton fiber laser stabilized by an optically pumped saturable Bragg reflector.

نویسندگان

  • N H Bonadeo
  • W H Knox
  • J M Roth
  • K Bergman
چکیده

Stabilization of passive harmonic mode locking is achieved for what is believed to be the first time in an Er-Yb soliton fiber laser by optical pumping of the semiconductor saturable absorber above the bandgap. The results show 35-dB mode suppression of undesired harmonics.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Optics letters

دوره 25 19  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2000