Mode-locked pulses in a multimode fiber laser

Wu, Han; Lin, Wei; Huang, Shu-Hong; Tan, Yan-Jie; Luo, Ai‐Ping; Luo, Zhi‐Chao; Xu, Wen‐Cheng

doi:10.1109/acp.2018.8596270

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“…[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] It is worth pointing out that STML in multimode fiber lasers have been first found by L. G. Wright et al in 2017, [12][13][14] but the experimental demonstrations are mostly limited to the near-infrared spectral region. [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] In particular, in the 380-780 nm visible region STML fiber laser has almost no progress, but the visible waveband is very important to underwater detection and communication, super-resolution imaging, precision spectroscopy, etc. Therefore, there is strong research motivation to explore the STML operating in visible wavelength.…”

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Visible‐Wavelength Spatiotemporal Mode‐Locked Fiber Laser Delivering 9 ps, 4 nJ Pulses at 635 nm

Ruan

Xiao

Zou

et al. 2022

Laser & Photonics Reviews

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Spatiotemporal mode‐locking (STML) in fiber lasers are of interest in applications such as optical communications, nonlinear imaging, and precision machining. To date, STML fiber lasers in the near‐infrared region have been well demonstrated, yet operation at visible wavelengths is still challenging. Here, a STML picosecond fiber laser at 635 nm with the implementation of Pr3+$^{3+}$/Yb3+$^{3+}$ co‐doped few‐mode fiber and nonlinear polarization rotation technology is reported. By solving the modified generalized multimode nonlinear Schrödinger equation, the 635 nm STML formation is theoretically predicted and analyzed. The stable 635 nm STML with a 9 ps pulse duration, which is two orders of magnitude narrower than previously reported, is realized experimentally. Moreover, spatiotemporal profiles are illustrated by investigating the locking of transverse and longitudinal modes simultaneously. By further establishing visible ultrafast fiber amplifier, the 635 nm average power is boosted up to 440 mW, corresponding to a maximum pulse energy and peak power of 4 nJ and 280 W, respectively. The experimental results are in good agreement with the numerical simulations. This work helps to understand nonlinear dynamics in STML fiber laser and directly generate large‐energy ultrashort pulses in visible region.

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