• 文献标题:   Passively synchronized Q-switched and mode-locked dual-band Tm3+: ZBLAN fiber lasers using a common graphene saturable
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   JIA CL, SHASTRI BJ, ABDUKERIM N, ROCHETTE M, PRUCNAL PR, SAAD M, CHEN LR
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  • 出版物名称:   SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
  • ISSN:   2045-2322
  • 通讯作者地址:   McGill Univ
  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1038/srep36071
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

Dual-band fiber lasers are emerging as a promising technology to penetrate new industrial and medical applications from their dual-band properties, in addition to providing compactness and environmental robustness from the waveguide structure. Here, we demonstrate the use of a common graphene saturable absorber and a single gain medium (Tm3+: ZBLAN fiber) to implement (1) a dual-band fiber ring laser with synchronized Q-switched pulses at wavelengths of 1480 nm and 1840 nm, and (2) a dual-band fiber linear laser with synchronized mode-locked pulses at wavelengths of 1480 nm and 1845 nm. Q-switched operation at 1480 nm and 1840 nm is achieved with a synchronized repetition rate from 20 kHz to 40.5 kHz. For synchronous mode-locked operation, pulses with full-width at half maximum durations of 610 fs and 1.68 ps at wavelengths of 1480 nm and 1845 nm, respectively, are obtained at a repetition rate of 12.3 MHz. These dual-band pulsed sources with an ultra-broadband wavelength separation of similar to 360 nm will add new capabilities in applications including optical sensing, spectroscopy, and communications.