TY - JOUR

T1 - Layout of NALM fiber laser with adjustable peak power of generated pulses

AU - Smirnov, Sergey

AU - Kobtsev, Sergey

AU - Ivanenko, Alexey

AU - Kokhanovskiy, Alexey

AU - Kemmer, Anna

AU - Gervaziev, Mikhail

PY - 2017/5/1

Y1 - 2017/5/1

N2 - The Letter proposes a new layout of a passively modelocked fiber laser based on a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror (NALM) with two stretches of active fiber and two independently controlled pump modules. In contrast with conventional NALM configurations using a single piece of active fiber that yields virtually constant peak power, the proposed novel laser features larger than a factor of 2 adjustment range of peak power of generated pulses. The proposed layout also provides independent adjustment of duration and peak power of generated pulses as well as power-independent control of generated pulse spectral width impossible in NALM lasers with a single piece of active fiber.

AB - The Letter proposes a new layout of a passively modelocked fiber laser based on a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror (NALM) with two stretches of active fiber and two independently controlled pump modules. In contrast with conventional NALM configurations using a single piece of active fiber that yields virtually constant peak power, the proposed novel laser features larger than a factor of 2 adjustment range of peak power of generated pulses. The proposed layout also provides independent adjustment of duration and peak power of generated pulses as well as power-independent control of generated pulse spectral width impossible in NALM lasers with a single piece of active fiber.

KW - AMPLIFYING LOOP-MIRROR

KW - DISSIPATIVE SOLITON RESONANCE

KW - FIGURE-8

KW - DISPERSION

KW - OSCILLATORS

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U2 - 10.1364/OL.42.001732

DO - 10.1364/OL.42.001732

M3 - Article

C2 - 28454147

AN - SCOPUS:85018957140

VL - 42

SP - 1732

EP - 1735

JO - Optics Letters

JF - Optics Letters

SN - 0146-9592

IS - 9

ER -