TY - JOUR

T1 - Artificial saturable absorbers for ultrafast fibre lasers

AU - Kobtsev, Sergey M.

N1 - Funding Information: This research was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (grant # FSUS-2020-0036 ) and by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project # 18-29-20025 ). Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Elsevier Inc.

PY - 2022/1

Y1 - 2022/1

N2 - A paper is presented of artificial saturable absorbers as applied in fibre lasers. Shown are the advantages and drawbacks of this saturable absorber type in comparison with material-based natural counterparts. The prospects of further development of components for passive (or self) mode locking in fibre-optical technology are discussed. Analysis demonstrates that artificial absorbers relying on comparatively short optical fibres hold higher potential and may become a real alternative to natural absorbers.

AB - A paper is presented of artificial saturable absorbers as applied in fibre lasers. Shown are the advantages and drawbacks of this saturable absorber type in comparison with material-based natural counterparts. The prospects of further development of components for passive (or self) mode locking in fibre-optical technology are discussed. Analysis demonstrates that artificial absorbers relying on comparatively short optical fibres hold higher potential and may become a real alternative to natural absorbers.

KW - Mode-lock

KW - Saturable absorption

KW - Ultrashort pulse

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U2 - 10.1016/j.yofte.2021.102764

DO - 10.1016/j.yofte.2021.102764

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85120063133

VL - 68

JO - Optical Fiber Technology

JF - Optical Fiber Technology

SN - 1068-5200

M1 - 102764

ER -