Theoretical and experimental study on all-normal-dispersion Yb-doped mode-locked fiber lasers

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/22/4/044204

Abstract We report on a theoretical and experimental study of all-normal-dispersion (ANDi) Yb-doped mode-locked fiber laser, in which nonlinear polarization rotation (NPR) is used to realize mode-locking without any dispersion compensation. Based on the coupled nonlinear Schrödinger (CNLS) equation, a model simulating mode-locked process of all-normal-dispersion ring fiber laser is developed, which shows that the achievement of stable mode-locking depends on the alignment of the polarization controller (PC) along the fast-polarization axis of the fiber, the birefringence intensity, and the net cavity dispersion. According to the theoretical analysis, stable mode-locked pulses with pulse duration 300 ps and average output power 33.9 mW at repetition rate 36 MHz are obtained.

Keywords: all-normal-dispersion nonlinear polarization rotation mode-locked Yb-doped fiber laser

Received: 04 June 2012
Revised: 28 August 2012
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PACS:	42.55.Wd	(Fiber lasers)
	42.60.Da	(Resonators, cavities, amplifiers, arrays, and rings)
	42.81.Gs	(Birefringence, polarization)

Corresponding Authors: Li Ping-Xue
E-mail: pxli@bjut.edu.cn

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Chi Jun-Jie (池俊杰), Li Ping-Xue (李平雪), Yang Chun (杨春), Zhao Zi-Qiang (赵自强), Li Yao (李尧), Wang Xiong-Fei (王雄飞), Zhong Guo-Shun (钟国舜), Zhao Hong (赵鸿), Jiang Dong-Sheng (姜东升) Theoretical and experimental study on all-normal-dispersion Yb-doped mode-locked fiber lasers 2013 Chin. Phys. B 22 044204

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