This study reports a passive mode-locked Thulium-Holmium co-doped fiber laser featuring a figure-9 shaped resonator structure.The laser utilizes a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror(NALM)as the mode-locking device.By in...This study reports a passive mode-locked Thulium-Holmium co-doped fiber laser featuring a figure-9 shaped resonator structure.The laser utilizes a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror(NALM)as the mode-locking device.By increasing pump power,the laser’s output evolution was experimentally observed,showing that bright-dark pulse pairs first split into double pulses and then into a second harmonic state.Additionally,the time intervals between bright and dark pulses and between double pulses increased with higher pump power.The RF spectrum of the bright-dark pulse pairs exhibited envelope modulation,with a modulation frequency approximately equal to the reciprocal of the time interval between bright and dark pulses.When the pump power increased from 0.46 W to 0.72 W,the reciprocal of the modulation frequency showed a linear growth trend.These findings contribute to understanding the evolution patterns of bright-dark pulse pairs in passive mode-locked fiber lasers.展开更多
We demonstrate a passively harmonic mode-locked（PHML） fiber laser operating at the L-band using carbon nanotubes polyvinyl alcohol（CNTs-PVA） film. Under suitable pump power and an appropriate setting of the polari...We demonstrate a passively harmonic mode-locked（PHML） fiber laser operating at the L-band using carbon nanotubes polyvinyl alcohol（CNTs-PVA） film. Under suitable pump power and an appropriate setting of the polarization controller（PC）, the 54^（th） harmonic pulses at the L-band are generated with the side mode suppression ratio（SMSR） better than 44 dB and a repetition frequency of 503.37 MHz. Further increasing the pump power leads to a higher frequency of 550 MHz with compromised stability of 38.5 dB SMSR. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration on the generation of L-band PHML pulses from an Er-doped fiber laser based on CNTs.展开更多
Harmonic mode-locking,realized actively or passively,is an effective technique for increasing the repetition rate of ultrafast lasers.It is critically important to understand how a harmonically mode-locked pulse train...Harmonic mode-locking,realized actively or passively,is an effective technique for increasing the repetition rate of ultrafast lasers.It is critically important to understand how a harmonically mode-locked pulse train responds to external perturbations and noise,so as to make sure that it is stable and resistant to noise.Here,in a series of carefully designed experiments,we elucidate the retiming dynamics of laser pulses generated in a soliton fiber laser harmonically modelocked at GHz frequencies to the acoustic resonance in a photonic crystal fiber(PCF)core.We characterize the selfdriven optomechanical lattice,which is distributed along the PCF and provides the structure that supports harmonic mode-locking,using a homodyne setup.We reveal that,after an abrupt perturbation,each soliton in the lattice undergoes damped oscillatory retiming within its trapping potential,while the retiming is strongly coupled to soliton dissipation.In addition,we show,through statistical analysis of the intra-cavity pulse spacing,how the trapping potentials are effective for suppressing timing jtter.The measurements and the theory developed in this work lay the groundwork for studies of the general stability and noise performance of harmonically mode-locked lasers as well as providing valuable insight into generic multi-pulse phenomena in mode-locked lasers.展开更多
文摘This study reports a passive mode-locked Thulium-Holmium co-doped fiber laser featuring a figure-9 shaped resonator structure.The laser utilizes a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror(NALM)as the mode-locking device.By increasing pump power,the laser’s output evolution was experimentally observed,showing that bright-dark pulse pairs first split into double pulses and then into a second harmonic state.Additionally,the time intervals between bright and dark pulses and between double pulses increased with higher pump power.The RF spectrum of the bright-dark pulse pairs exhibited envelope modulation,with a modulation frequency approximately equal to the reciprocal of the time interval between bright and dark pulses.When the pump power increased from 0.46 W to 0.72 W,the reciprocal of the modulation frequency showed a linear growth trend.These findings contribute to understanding the evolution patterns of bright-dark pulse pairs in passive mode-locked fiber lasers.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61605107)Young Eastern Scholar Program at Shanghai Institutions of Higher Learning,China(Grant No.QD2015027)+2 种基金the“Young 1000 Talent Plan”Program of Chinathe Open Program of the State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks at Shanghai Jiaotong University,China(Grant No.2017GZKF17)RAEng/The Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowships(Grant No.LTSRF1617/13/57).
文摘We demonstrate a passively harmonic mode-locked（PHML） fiber laser operating at the L-band using carbon nanotubes polyvinyl alcohol（CNTs-PVA） film. Under suitable pump power and an appropriate setting of the polarization controller（PC）, the 54^（th） harmonic pulses at the L-band are generated with the side mode suppression ratio（SMSR） better than 44 dB and a repetition frequency of 503.37 MHz. Further increasing the pump power leads to a higher frequency of 550 MHz with compromised stability of 38.5 dB SMSR. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration on the generation of L-band PHML pulses from an Er-doped fiber laser based on CNTs.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.62375275 and 62275254)by Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Science(XDB0650000)+1 种基金by Shanghai Science and Technology Plan Project Funding(Grant No.23JC1410100)by Fuyang High-level Talent Group Project.
文摘Harmonic mode-locking,realized actively or passively,is an effective technique for increasing the repetition rate of ultrafast lasers.It is critically important to understand how a harmonically mode-locked pulse train responds to external perturbations and noise,so as to make sure that it is stable and resistant to noise.Here,in a series of carefully designed experiments,we elucidate the retiming dynamics of laser pulses generated in a soliton fiber laser harmonically modelocked at GHz frequencies to the acoustic resonance in a photonic crystal fiber(PCF)core.We characterize the selfdriven optomechanical lattice,which is distributed along the PCF and provides the structure that supports harmonic mode-locking,using a homodyne setup.We reveal that,after an abrupt perturbation,each soliton in the lattice undergoes damped oscillatory retiming within its trapping potential,while the retiming is strongly coupled to soliton dissipation.In addition,we show,through statistical analysis of the intra-cavity pulse spacing,how the trapping potentials are effective for suppressing timing jtter.The measurements and the theory developed in this work lay the groundwork for studies of the general stability and noise performance of harmonically mode-locked lasers as well as providing valuable insight into generic multi-pulse phenomena in mode-locked lasers.
