Mode-locked Thulium-Doped Fiber Lasers based on Highly Ge-doped Fibers

Dmitry Klimentov, V. V. Dvoyrin, I. T. Sorokina

2015

Abstract

We report and compare three configurations of the SESAM mode-locked, linear cavity femtosecond all-fiber MOPA based on a highly Ge-doped Thulium-doped normal dispersion fibers. We have studied the performance of the system and have obtained stable mode-locking in a wide cavity dispersion range at around 1.88 μm. In this article we focus our attention on three particular configurations: laser operating in the anomalous, nearly zero and normal cavity dispersion regimes without the use of the additional dispersion compensating elements. For the nearly zero and normal cavity dispersion regimes the femtosecond pulses with several nanojoule energy were obtained. The pulses were compressed down to 800 fs using a simple fiber compressor represented by a piece of the conventional telecommunication fiber.

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Klimentov D., Dvoyrin V. and Sorokina I. (2015). Mode-locked Thulium-Doped Fiber Lasers based on Highly Ge-doped Fibers . In Doctoral Consortium - DCPHOTOPTICS, (PHOTOPTICS 2015) ISBN , pages 80-86


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@conference{dcphotoptics15,
author={Dmitry Klimentov and V. V. Dvoyrin and I. T. Sorokina},
title={Mode-locked Thulium-Doped Fiber Lasers based on Highly Ge-doped Fibers},
booktitle={Doctoral Consortium - DCPHOTOPTICS, (PHOTOPTICS 2015)},
year={2015},
pages={80-86},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={},
isbn={},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Doctoral Consortium - DCPHOTOPTICS, (PHOTOPTICS 2015)
TI - Mode-locked Thulium-Doped Fiber Lasers based on Highly Ge-doped Fibers
SN -
AU - Klimentov D.
AU - Dvoyrin V.
AU - Sorokina I.
PY - 2015
SP - 80
EP - 86
DO -