Open AccessColliding-pulse passive harmonic mode-locking in a femtosecond Yb-doped fiber laser with a semiconductor saturable absorber
Author(s) -
Yujun Deng,
Maximilian Koch,
Fei Lu,
G. W. Wicks,
Wayne H. Knox
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/opex.12.003872
Subject(s) - saturable absorption , femtosecond , fiber laser , optics , materials science , mode locking , laser , semiconductor , pulse (music) , optoelectronics , harmonic , semiconductor laser theory , femtosecond pulse shaping , doping , physics , quantum mechanics , detector
We demonstrate a passive harmonic mode-locked femtosecond Yb-doped fiber laser employing a semiconductor saturable absorber in a colliding-pulse configuration. 380-fs pulses at 605 MHz repetition rate with >60 dB supermode suppression is achieved.