<italic>L</italic>-Band GHz Femtosecond Passively Harmonic Mode-Locked Er-Doped Fiber Laser Based on Nonlinear Polarization Rotation

Via using an <italic>L</italic>-band optimized in-fiber polarizing grating device, a GHz <italic>L</italic>-band femtosecond passively harmonic mode-locked Er-doped fiber laser based on nonlinear polarization rotation is first demonstrated. In total, 4.22&#x00A0;GHz pulse...

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Main Authors: Yuanda Ling, Qianqian Huang, Chuanhang Zou, Zhikun Xing, Zhijun Yan, Chang Zhao, Kaiming Zhou, Lin Zhang, Chengbo Mou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2019-01-01
Series:IEEE Photonics Journal
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8758902/
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Summary:Via using an <italic>L</italic>-band optimized in-fiber polarizing grating device, a GHz <italic>L</italic>-band femtosecond passively harmonic mode-locked Er-doped fiber laser based on nonlinear polarization rotation is first demonstrated. In total, 4.22&#x00A0;GHz pulses with the duration of 810&#x00A0;fs and super-mode suppression ratio (SMSR) of 32&#x00A0;dB are obtained under the pump power of 712&#x00A0;mW corresponding to 215<sup>th</sup> harmonic order. The central wavelength of 4.22&#x00A0;GHz pulses is 1581.7&#x00A0;nm with 10.1&#x00A0;nm 3&#x00A0;dB bandwidth. Furthermore, under this fixed pump power, higher harmonic orders can also be attained by rotating the polarization controllers properly. The highest repetition rate we obtained is 7.41&#x00A0;GHz with the SMSR of 20.7&#x00A0;dB.
ISSN:1943-0655