We demonstrate a polarization-maintaining passively mode-locked thulium-doped fibre laser that can operate at two different repetition rates (dual-comb) simultaneously. Based on the presented approach, we observe beat notes with a free spectral range of 1.97 kHz and aim to realize a free-running dual-comb source in the 2 μm band.
We demonstrate operation of a tunable mode-locked thulium-doped fiber laser, based on a wavelength-selective chirped fiber Bragg grating (CFBG). By applying strain to the CFBG, we shift its reflection band and can thereby tune the emission-wavelength of the fiber laser between 2022 nm and 2042 nm. We obtain a pulse train at 9.4 MHz repetition rate and a pulse duration between 9.0 and 12.8 ps. To the best of our knowledge, we report the first tunable mode-locked thulium-doped fiber laser using a tunable CFBG as wavelength-selective element.
The next-generation gravitational wave detectors aim to enhance our understanding of extreme phenomena in the Universe. The high-frequency sensitivity of these detectors will be maximized by injecting squeezed vacuum states into the detector. However, the performance advantages offered by squeezed state injection can be easily degraded by losses in the system. A significant source of loss is the mode mismatch between optical cavities within the interferometer. To overcome this issue, new actuators are required that can produce a highly spherical wavefront change, with minimal higher order aberrations, whist adding low phase noise to the incident beam.
We demonstrate the first stable mode-locking from an Er3+ doped fluoride fibre laser cavity using various novel two-dimensional saturable absorber materials such as PtSe2 and MXene operating near 2.8 μm wavelength to the best of our knowledge. The linear cavity includes a high reflective chirped fibre Bragg grating to provide wavelength stability. The observed mode-locked pulse train has a 30 MHz repetition rate and an average power of 223 mW. Our results demonstrate the feasibility of using the novel two-dimensional nanomaterials such as PtSe2 and MXene into the fibre laser cavity for the application in mid-infrared wavelength regime.
The development of new, compact mid-infrared light sources is critical to enable biomedical sensing applications in resource-limited environments. Here, we review progress in fiber-based mid-IR sources, which are ideally suited for clinical environments due to their compact size and waveguide format. We first discuss recent developments in mid-IR supercontinuum sources, which exploit nonlinear optic phenomena in highly nonlinear materials (pumped by ultrashort pulse lasers) to generate broadband spectra. An emerging alternative approach is then presented, based on broadly tunable mid-IR fiber lasers, using the promising dysprosium ion to achieve orders of magnitude higher spectral power density than typical supercontinua. By employing an acousto-optic tunable filter for wavelength tuning, an electronically controlled swept-wavelength mid-IR fiber laser is developed, which is applied for absorption spectroscopy of ammonia (NH3), an important biomarker, with 0.3 nm resolution and 40 ms acquisition time.
We demonstrate the direct inscription of aperiodic fiber Bragg gratings (AFBGs) for their use as in-fiber filter elements. The modifications are induced by focusing ultrashort laser pulses with an oil-immersion objective into the fiber core. We apply an advanced point-by-point inscription technique for flexible period adaptation. The fabricated AFBGs are targeted on the suppression of 10 lines in a single grating and simulations based on the specific design show excellent agreement. Furthermore, we discuss the application in astronomy as filters for the suppression of OH emission lines.
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