Open AccessPulse bursts with a controllable number of pulses from a mode-locked Yb-doped all fiber laser system
Author(s) -
Xingliang Li,
Shumin Zhang,
Yanping Hao,
Shumin Zhang
Publication year - 2014
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.22.006699
Subject(s) - burst mode (computing) , optics , pulse (music) , fiber laser , pulse duration , materials science , bandwidth limited pulse , laser , pulse wave , femtosecond pulse shaping , mode locking , q switching , physics , ultrashort pulse , detector , electrical engineering , engineering
Pulse bursts with a controllable number of pulses per burst have been produced directly from a mode-locked Yb-doped fiber laser for the first time. Each output burst contained numerous pulses with a high pulse repetition rate of 29.4 MHz. The duration of a single pulse was 680 ps. The pulse burst had a repetition rate of 251.6 kHz. The pulse burst could easily be further amplified to a total pulse burst energy of ~795 nJ, corresponding to a total average power of 200 mW.