Passively mode-locked stretched-pulse erbium-doped fiber ring laser with a regenerative feedback

Vincent Roy; Martin Lamonde; Francois Babin; Michel Piche

doi:10.1117/12.473910

17 February 2003 Passively mode-locked stretched-pulse erbium-doped fiber ring laser with a regenerative feedback

Vincent Roy, Martin Lamonde, Francois Babin, Michel Piche

Proceedings Volume 4833, Applications of Photonic Technology 5; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.473910
Event: Applications of Photonic Technology 5, 2002, Quebec City, Canada

Abstract

A polarization additive pulse mode-locked stretched-pulse erbium-doped fiber ring laser with a regenerative feedback producing near transform-limited femtosecond pulses is reported. The regenerative feedback makes use of an intensity modulator driven at twice the fundamental repetition rate of the passively mode-locked fiber laser. The laser is self-starting for a limited range of pump power. The de-chirped pulses have a duration of 90 fs (FWHM) and a pulse time-bandwidth product of 0.44. The pulse energy amounts to 0.3 nJ. Pulses with nearly twice that energy could be obtained, though without self-starting capability. The laser RF power spectrum measurement yields an amplitude noise as low as 0.15% (rms) and a pulse timing jitter of 150 fs (rms). In addition, RF spectra show no relaxation oscillation in the self-starting regime.

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Vincent Roy, Martin Lamonde, Francois Babin, and Michel Piche "Passively mode-locked stretched-pulse erbium-doped fiber ring laser with a regenerative feedback", Proc. SPIE 4833, Applications of Photonic Technology 5, (17 February 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.473910

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