Mode-locked fiber laser based on an attenuation-imbalanced nonlinear optical loop mirror

被引:8
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作者
Seong, N. H.
Kim, Dug Y. [1 ]
Veetil, Suhas Poyyil
机构
[1] Univ Illinois, Sch Chem Sci, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
[2] Inst Sci & Technol, Dept Informat & Commun, Kwangju 500712, South Korea
关键词
nonlinear optics; fibers; keyword;
D O I
10.1016/j.optcom.2007.08.044
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We propose a mode-locked figure-eight fiber laser by utilizing an attenuation-imbalanced nonlinear optical loop mirror (AI-NOLM) for the first time. Stable self-starting passively mode-locked pulses as short as 296 fs are obtained. We have also confirmed that the pulse width of the laser can be varied by changing the amount of attenuation in the AI-NOLM. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:438 / 442
页数:5
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