Open AccessSoliton generation from an actively mode-locked fiber laser incorporating an electro-optic fiber modulator
Author(s) -
Mikael Malmström,
Walter Margulis,
Oleksandr Tarasenko,
Valdas Pasiskevicius,
Fredrik Laurell
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.20.002905
Subject(s) - optics , fiber laser , materials science , mode locking , polarization maintaining optical fiber , laser , femtosecond , optical fiber , optoelectronics , fiber optic sensor , physics
This work demonstrates an actively mode-locked fiber laser operating in soliton regime and employing an all-fiber electro-optic modulator. Nonlinear polarization rotation is utilized for femtosecond pulse generation. Stable operation of the all-fiber ring laser is readily achieved at a fundamental repetition rate of 2.6 MHz and produces 460 fs pulses with a spectral bandwidth of 5.3 nm.