Towards visible-wavelength passively mode-locked lasers in all-fibre format

Jinhai Zou; Chuchu Dong; Hongjian Wang; Tuanjie Du; Zhengqian Luo

doi:10.1038/s41377-020-0305-0

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Towards visible-wavelength passively mode-locked lasers in all-fibre format

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- Towards visible-wavelength passively mode-locked lasers in all-fibre format
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 9, Issue 3, Pages: 635-644(2020)
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  Department of Electronic Engineering, Xiamen University, 361005 Xiamen, China
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  Zhengqian Luo (zqluo@xmu.edu.cn)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-020-0305-0
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- Published：2020，
  
  Published Online：14 April 2020，
  
  Received：23 December 2019，
  
  Revised：26 February 2020，
  
  Accepted：30 March 2020
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Zou, J. H. et al. Towards visible-wavelength passively mode-locked lasers in all-fibre format. Light: Science & Applications, 9, 620-626 (2020).
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Zou, J. H. et al. Towards visible-wavelength passively mode-locked lasers in all-fibre format. Light: Science & Applications, 9, 620-626 (2020). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-020-0305-0.

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Abstract

Mode-locked fibre lasers (MLFLs) are fundamental building blocks of many photonic systems used in industrial

scientific and biomedical applications. To date

1-2 μm MLFLs have been well developed; however

passively mode-locked fibre lasers in the visible region (380-760 nm) have never been reported. Here

we address this challenge by demonstrating an all-fibre visible-wavelength passively mode-locked picosecond laser at 635 nm. The 635 nm mode-locked laser with an all-fibre figure-eight cavity uses a Pr/Yb codoped ZBLAN fibre as the visible gain medium and a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror as the mode-locking element. First

we theoretically predict and analyse the formation and evolution of 635 nm mode-locked pulses in the dissipative soliton resonance (DSR) regime by solving the Ginzburg-Landau equation. Then

we experimentally demonstrate the stable generation of 635 nm DSR mode-locked pulses with a pulse duration as short as ~96 ps

a radio-frequency signal-to-noise ratio of 67 dB and a narrow spectral bandwidth of < 0.1 nm. The experimental results are in excellent agreement with our numerical simulations. In addition

we also observe 635 nm noise-like pulse operation with a wide (> 1 nm) and modulated optical spectrum. This work represents an important step towards miniaturized ultrafast fibre lasers in the visible spectral region.

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