The role of the saturable absorber in a mode-locked fiber laser

Dmitriy Churin; Khanh Kieu; Nasser Peyghambarian

doi:10.1117/12.909499

The role of the saturable absorber in a mode-locked fiber laser

Dmitriy Churin, Khanh Kieu, Nasser Peyghambarian

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Abstract

We experimentally investigated the role of the saturable absorber (SA) in a mode-locked fiber laser. It is shown that the modulation depth of the SA significantly affects the pulse duration at the laser output for a given cavity design (mainly cavity dispersion and nonlinearity).

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Fiber Lasers IX
Subtitle of host publication	Technology, Systems, and Applications
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.909499
State	Published - 2012
Event	Fiber Lasers IX: Technology, Systems, and Applications - San Francisco, CA, United States Duration: Jan 23 2012 → Jan 26 2012

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Name	Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
Volume	8237
ISSN (Print)	1605-7422

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Other	Fiber Lasers IX: Technology, Systems, and Applications
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco, CA
Period	1/23/12 → 1/26/12

Keywords

Fiber laser
mode-locking
saturable absorber
ultrafast laser

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Biomaterials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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Churin, D, Kieu, K & Peyghambarian, N 2012, The role of the saturable absorber in a mode-locked fiber laser. in Fiber Lasers IX: Technology, Systems, and Applications., 823722, Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 8237, Fiber Lasers IX: Technology, Systems, and Applications, San Francisco, CA, United States, 1/23/12. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.909499

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