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Actively mode-locked all-fiber laser by 5 MHz transmittance modulation of an acousto-optic tunable bandpass filter

Miguel V. AndrésE. Hernández-escobarOlivier PottiezAntonio DiezMiguel Bello-jiménezA. Camarillo-avilés

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Materials scienceOptical fiberPhysics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Ring laser02 engineering and technology01 natural scienceslaw.invention010309 opticsAmplitude modulationacousto-optic modulationBand-pass filterlaw0103 physical sciencesTransmittancefibre opticsInstrumentationmode-locked fiber lasersbusiness.industryAcoustic wave021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologyLaserUNESCO::FÍSICA::Óptica ::Fibras ópticasModulation:FÍSICA::Óptica ::Fibras ópticas [UNESCO]Optoelectronics0210 nano-technologybusiness

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Active mode-locking of an all-fiber ring laser by transmittance modulation of an in-fiber acousto-optic tunable bandpass filter (AOTBF) is reported. Cavity loss modulation is achieved by full acousto-optic mode re-coupling cycle induced by standing flexural acoustic waves. The modulator permits the implementation of 28 dB of nonresonant light suppression, 1.4 nm of modulation bandwidth, 74% of modulation depth and 4.11 dB of optical loss in a 72.5 cm-long all-fiber configuration. The effects of the modulated AOTBF on the laser performance are investigated. Transform-limited optical pulses of 8.8 ps temporal width and 6.0 W peak power were obtained at 4.87 MHz repetition rate.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2018-06-29
10.1088/1612-202x/aac9d8http://hdl.handle.net/10550/67558