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11 March 2016 Widely tunable multi-wavelength Tm-doped mode-locked fiber laser
Zhiyu Yan, Xiaohui Li, Biao Sun, Jiaqi Lou, Perry Shum Ping, Xia Yu, Ying Zhang, Qi Jie Wang
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Abstract
We propose and demonstrate a tunable multi-wavelength Tm-doped mode-locked fiber laser. The mode-locked operation is enabled by nonlinear polarization evolution technique. The tunable operation and multi-wavelength laser emission is achieved by periodical cavity transmission modulation. The tunable range of dual-wavelength mode-locking is 1864 to 1916 nm and tri-wavelength mode-locking is 1863 to 1912 nm, respectively, which is the widest in multi-wavelength Tm-doped mode-locked fiber laser to the best of our knowledge. The system has compact structure and both the multi-wavelength laser emission and tunable operation can be realized by controlling the polarization in the fiber ring cavity.
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Zhiyu Yan, Xiaohui Li, Biao Sun, Jiaqi Lou, Perry Shum Ping, Xia Yu, Ying Zhang, and Qi Jie Wang "Widely tunable multi-wavelength Tm-doped mode-locked fiber laser", Proc. SPIE 9728, Fiber Lasers XIII: Technology, Systems, and Applications, 972812 (11 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2213974
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KEYWORDS
Mode locking

Fiber lasers

Polarization

Tunable lasers

Wavelength division multiplexing

Birefringence

Solitons

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