Pulse generation in Yb-doped polarization-maintaining fiber laser by nonlinear polarization evolution

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/ab8ac6

Abstract We demonstrate a self-started, long-term stable polarization-maintaining mode-locked fiber laser based on the nonlinear polarization evolution technique. A polarized beam splitter is inserted into the cavity of the linear polarization-maintaining fiber laser to facilitate self-started mode-locking. Pulses with single pulse energy of 26.9 nJ and average output power of 73.9 mW are obtained at the pump power of 600 mW. The transmission characteristics of artificial saturable absorber used in this laser are analyzed theoretically, the influence of the half-wave plate state on mode-locking is discussed, and the mode-locking range is obtained, which is well consistent with the experimental results.

Keywords: polarization-maintaining mode-locking nonlinear polarization evolution

Received: 04 March 2020
Revised: 06 April 2020
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PACS:	42.55.Wd	(Fiber lasers)
	42.60.Fc	(Modulation, tuning, and mode locking)
	42.81.Gs	(Birefringence, polarization)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61575011 and 61975003) and the Beijing Natural Science Foundation, China (Grant No. 4192015).

Corresponding Authors: Yan-Rong Song
E-mail: yrsong@bjut.edu.cn

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Cheng-Bin Liang(梁成斌), Yan-Rong Song(宋晏蓉), Zi-Kai Dong(董自凯), Yun-Feng Wu(吴云峰), Jin-Rong Tian(田金荣), Run-Qin Xu(徐润亲) Pulse generation in Yb-doped polarization-maintaining fiber laser by nonlinear polarization evolution 2020 Chin. Phys. B 29 074206

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