All-Fiber Thulium-Doped Mode-Locked Lasers Based on the Nonlinear Amplifying Loop Mirror

Authors

  • M.A. Chernysheva Fiber Optics Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Vavilov str., Moscow, 119333, Russia
  • A.A. Krylov Fiber Optics Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Vavilov str., Moscow, 119333, Russia
  • P.G. Kryukov Fiber Optics Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Vavilov str., Moscow, 119333, Russia
  • N.R. Arutyunyan A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Vavilov str., Moscow, 119333, Russia
  • A.S. Pozharov A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Vavilov str., Moscow, 119333, Russia
  • E.D. Obraztsova A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Vavilov str., Moscow, 119333, Russia
  • E.M. Dianov Fiber Optics Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Vavilov str., Moscow, 119333, Russia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12684/alt.1.89

Abstract

We  report  on  thulium-doped  all-fiber  lasers  based on the nonlinear amplifying loop mirror and mode-locked by both a semiconductor saturable absorber (SESAM) and  single-walled  carbon  nanotubes (SWCNT).  An  intracavity  and  external dispersion management was realized with the aid of a passive germanium-silicate fiber.  SESAM  mode-locked laser  generates  as  short  as  230-fs  pulses with maximum  average  output  power  of  106 mW, corresponding to a 3.7 kW peak power and almost 2 nJ  pulse  energy.  In  contrast  to  SESAM-based laser,  the SWCNT  mode-locked  laser  generates 450-fs  pulses  of  mW-level  average  output power respectively.
ALT 12 Conference, Gwatt, Sept. 2 -6, Switzerland

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Published

2012-11-01

How to Cite

Chernysheva, M., Krylov, A., Kryukov, P., Arutyunyan, N., Pozharov, A., Obraztsova, E., & Dianov, E. (2012). All-Fiber Thulium-Doped Mode-Locked Lasers Based on the Nonlinear Amplifying Loop Mirror. ALT Proceedings, 1. https://doi.org/10.12684/alt.1.89

Issue

Vol. 1 (2012)

Section

SESAM

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