Pump-controlled flexible generation between dissipative soliton and noise-like pulses from a mode-locked Er-doped fiber laser

Abstract

We experimentally investigate the alternative generation of dissipative solitons (DSs) or noise-like pulses (NLPs) from a passively mode-locked Er-doped all-fiber laser with a 45° tilted fiber grating (45° TFG). The 45° TFG serves as an in-fiber polarizer for mode locking in the all-fiber laser cavity. Under the fixed orientations of the polarization controllers, flexible generation between DSs and NLPs can be precisely controlled by adjusting the pump power only. To the best of our knowledge, the total cavity length 4.92 m of our fiber laser is the shortest one among all NLP fiber lasers. We obtain the DS with 3 dB bandwidth of 20.4 nm centered at 1577 nm and the NLP with 3 dB bandwidth of 25.2 nm centered at 1574 nm. The fundamental repetition rate of the mode-locked pulses is 42.3 MHz. This DS-NLP switchable Er-doped fiber laser can be regarded as a multifunctional optical source for diverse practical and potential applications.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.58.003932
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aston Institute of Photonics Technology (AIPT)
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Funding Information: Funding. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (61505244, 61605107); Shanghai Institutions of Higher Learning (QD2015027); Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronic Information Technology Tianjin University (2018KFKT009).
Additional Information: This paper was published in Applied Optics and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of OSA. The paper can be found at the following URL on the OSA website: https://www.osapublishing.org/ao/abstract.cfm?uri=ao-58-14-3932. Systematic or multiple reproduction or distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.
Uncontrolled Keywords: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics,Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Publication ISSN: 2155-3165
Last Modified: 25 Mar 2024 08:32
Date Deposited: 03 Jun 2019 15:00
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2019-05-10
Accepted Date: 2019-04-21
Authors: Cheng, Xi
Huang, Qianqian
Zou, Chuanhang
Mou, Chengbo
Yan, Zhijun
Zhou, Kaiming (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-6011-1912)
Zhang, Lin (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-1691-5577)

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