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Pulse shortening in synchronously-pumped mode-locked Yb-fiber lasers. / Nyushkov, B. N.; Smirnov, S. V.; Ivanenko, A. V. et al.
Proceedings - International Conference Laser Optics 2020, ICLO 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. 9285861 (Proceedings - International Conference Laser Optics 2020, ICLO 2020).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Pulse shortening in synchronously-pumped mode-locked Yb-fiber lasers
AU - Nyushkov, B. N.
AU - Smirnov, S. V.
AU - Ivanenko, A. V.
AU - Trashkeev, S. I.
AU - Kolker, D. B.
AU - Kobtsev, S. M.
N1 - Funding Information: This work was supported by Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (FSUS-2020-0036). Publisher Copyright: © 2020 IEEE. Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/11/2
Y1 - 2020/11/2
N2 - We report on theoretical and experimental study of pulsed lasing driven by synchronous pumping of an Yb-fiber laser. We show that even simple sine-wave modulation of the pump power with moderate depth (~50%) can result in shaping of a regular train of discrete laser pulses. Moreover, generated pulses are typically much shorter than pumping pulses. The pulse shortening factor rises with the modulation depth of pumping. It reached 5 in our setup. Thus, ~200-ns laser pulses were generated with sub-MHz sine-wave modulation of the pump power. Theoretical modelling predicts possibility of further pulse shortening (up to a factor of 11) by increasing maximal pump power and modulation index. Such shortening can be attributed to self-induced gain discrimination of the temporal pulse profile.
AB - We report on theoretical and experimental study of pulsed lasing driven by synchronous pumping of an Yb-fiber laser. We show that even simple sine-wave modulation of the pump power with moderate depth (~50%) can result in shaping of a regular train of discrete laser pulses. Moreover, generated pulses are typically much shorter than pumping pulses. The pulse shortening factor rises with the modulation depth of pumping. It reached 5 in our setup. Thus, ~200-ns laser pulses were generated with sub-MHz sine-wave modulation of the pump power. Theoretical modelling predicts possibility of further pulse shortening (up to a factor of 11) by increasing maximal pump power and modulation index. Such shortening can be attributed to self-induced gain discrimination of the temporal pulse profile.
KW - fiber laser
KW - pulse shaping
KW - synchronous pumping
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85099341854&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICLO48556.2020.9285861
DO - 10.1109/ICLO48556.2020.9285861
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85099341854
T3 - Proceedings - International Conference Laser Optics 2020, ICLO 2020
BT - Proceedings - International Conference Laser Optics 2020, ICLO 2020
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2020 International Conference Laser Optics, ICLO 2020
Y2 - 2 November 2020 through 6 November 2020
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