Nd3+ Doped Fiber Laser With Integrated Acousto-Optic Mode-Locking

M. D. Howell; D. B. Patterson; G. S. Kino; B. T. Khuri-Yakub; M. J.F. Digonnet

doi:10.1117/12.963163

15 February 1990 Nd3+ Doped Fiber Laser With Integrated Acousto-Optic Mode-Locking

M. D. Howell, D. B. Patterson, G. S. Kino, B. T. Khuri-Yakub, M. J.F. Digonnet

Proceedings Volume 1171, Fiber Laser Sources and Amplifiers; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.963163
Event: OE/FIBERS '89, 1989, Boston, United States

Abstract

We describe the construction and operation of an FM mode-locked fiber laser using a large-diameter Nd3+ doped silica fiber with dielectric reflectors deposited directly onto the fiber ends and an integrated ZnO acousto-optic phase modulator clamped to the fiber. Optical pulses of less than 60 ps duration have been generated at 432.77 MHz with 400 mW of power to the transducer, and 300-400 ps pulses have been observed with only 4011,W of modulator power, correspond-ing to less than 130 wad of phase modulation.

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M. D. Howell, D. B. Patterson, G. S. Kino, B. T. Khuri-Yakub, and M. J.F. Digonnet "Nd3+ Doped Fiber Laser With Integrated Acousto-Optic Mode-Locking", Proc. SPIE 1171, Fiber Laser Sources and Amplifiers, (15 February 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.963163

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