Widely power-tunable polarization-independent ultrafast mode-locked fiber laser using bulk InN as saturable absorber

The growing demand of ultrafast mode-locked fiber lasers in the near infrared has boosted the research activity in this area. One of the most convenient ways to achieve passive mode locking consists of inserting a semiconductor saturable absorber in the laser cavity to modulate the losses. However,...

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Autores: Jiménez Rodríguez, Marco, Monteagudo Lerma, Laura, Monroy, Eva, González Herráez, Miguel|||0000-0003-2555-2971, Naranjo Vega, Fernando Bernabé|||0000-0002-2119-6749
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/29259
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/29259
https://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.25.005366
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Lasers
Fiber
Mode-locked lasers
Ultrafast lasers
Nonlinear optical materials
Ciencias tecnológicas
Electrónica
Technology
Electronics
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Sumario:The growing demand of ultrafast mode-locked fiber lasers in the near infrared has boosted the research activity in this area. One of the most convenient ways to achieve passive mode locking consists of inserting a semiconductor saturable absorber in the laser cavity to modulate the losses. However, in such a configuration, the limited power range of operation is still an unsolved issue. Here we report the fabrication of an ultrafast, high-power, widely power-tunable and non-polarization-dependent mode-locked fiber laser operating at 1.55 μm, using an InN layer as saturable absorber. With post-amplification, this laser delivers 55-fs pulses with a repetition rate of 4.84 MHz and peak power in the range of 1 MW in an all-fiber arrangement.