Nanosecond Pulse Generation near 1.55 Micron in the All-Fiber Figure-Eight Mode-Lock Laser with Passive Nonlinear Loop Mirror

Svetlana S. Aleshkina, Mikhail M. Bubnov, Mikhail E. Likhachev

2016

Abstract

Figure-eight mode-lock all-fiber laser based on a passive nonlinear loop mirror emitting nanosecond pulses at wavelength near 1.55 µm has been realized for the first time. Influence of the total laser dispersion on output characteristics of the laser has been studied. It is revealed that the main problem of utilization fibers with anomalous dispersion inside the passive nonlinear loop mirror is generation of low-energy optical solitons accompanied with nanosecond pulse break up. Solutions of this problem are discussed and stable laser schemes (i.e. all-polarization maintaining) are realized.

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Aleshkina S., Bubnov M. and Likhachev M. (2016). Nanosecond Pulse Generation near 1.55 Micron in the All-Fiber Figure-Eight Mode-Lock Laser with Passive Nonlinear Loop Mirror . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: PHOTOPTICS, ISBN 978-989-758-174-8, pages 305-310. DOI: 10.5220/0005687403050310


in Bibtex Style

@conference{photoptics16,
author={Svetlana S. Aleshkina and Mikhail M. Bubnov and Mikhail E. Likhachev},
title={Nanosecond Pulse Generation near 1.55 Micron in the All-Fiber Figure-Eight Mode-Lock Laser with Passive Nonlinear Loop Mirror},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: PHOTOPTICS,},
year={2016},
pages={305-310},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005687403050310},
isbn={978-989-758-174-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: PHOTOPTICS,
TI - Nanosecond Pulse Generation near 1.55 Micron in the All-Fiber Figure-Eight Mode-Lock Laser with Passive Nonlinear Loop Mirror
SN - 978-989-758-174-8
AU - Aleshkina S.
AU - Bubnov M.
AU - Likhachev M.
PY - 2016
SP - 305
EP - 310
DO - 10.5220/0005687403050310