Passively mode-locked picosecond erbium-doped fiber lasers using multiple quantum well saturable absorbers

Michael J. Hayduk; Mark F. Krol; Clifford R. Pollock; Kenneth J. Teegarden; Gary W. Wicks; Walter Kaechele

doi:10.1117/12.317649

31 July 1998 Passively mode-locked picosecond erbium-doped fiber lasers using multiple quantum well saturable absorbers

Michael J. Hayduk, Mark F. Krol, Clifford R. Pollock, Kenneth J. Teegarden, Gary W. Wicks, Walter Kaechele

Proceedings Volume 3384, Photonic Processing Technology and Applications II; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.317649
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing and Controls, 1998, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

An experimental study of the mode-locking process in erbium- doped fiber lasers (EDFLs) operating at 1.55 micrometer using multiple quantum well saturable absorbers is described. The self-starting passively mode-locked laser was constructed in a Fabry-Perot configuration using the saturable absorber as the back reflector of the cavity. Picosecond pulses that ranged from 3.1 to 38.8 ps were generated using a series of saturable absorbers. The pulse widths were dependent upon the optical properties of the saturable absorber used as the mode- locking element as well as the dispersive elements contained within the cavity. The output power of the EDFL varied from 0.2 to 6.7 mW and was also dependent upon the saturable absorber used in the cavity.

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Michael J. Hayduk, Mark F. Krol, Clifford R. Pollock, Kenneth J. Teegarden, Gary W. Wicks, and Walter Kaechele "Passively mode-locked picosecond erbium-doped fiber lasers using multiple quantum well saturable absorbers", Proc. SPIE 3384, Photonic Processing Technology and Applications II, (31 July 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.317649

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Mode locking

Picosecond phenomena

Fiber lasers

Pulsed laser operation

Quantum wells

Fiber Bragg gratings

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