Coexistence of Q-switched and Q-switched mode-locking pulse dual-wavelength fiber laser

Ming Shuxian; Wei Zhiwei; Liu Meng; Luo Aiping; Xu Wencheng; Luo Zhichao

doi:10.3788/IRLA201948.0805009

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Ming Shuxian, Wei Zhiwei, Liu Meng, Luo Aiping, Xu Wencheng, Luo Zhichao. Coexistence of Q-switched and Q-switched mode-locking pulse dual-wavelength fiber laser[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2019, 48(8): 805009-0805009(8). doi: 10.3788/IRLA201948.0805009

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Ming Shuxian, Wei Zhiwei, Liu Meng, Luo Aiping, Xu Wencheng, Luo Zhichao. Coexistence of Q-switched and Q-switched mode-locking pulse dual-wavelength fiber laser[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2019, 48(8): 805009-0805009(8). doi: 10.3788/IRLA201948.0805009

Coexistence of Q-switched and Q-switched mode-locking pulse dual-wavelength fiber laser

doi: 10.3788/IRLA201948.0805009

1.
Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Special Fiber Photonic Devices and Applications,South China Normal University,Guangzhou 510006,China;
2.
Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Microstructured Functional Fibers and Devices,South China Normal University,Guangzhou 510006,China

Received Date: 2019-03-11
Rev Recd Date: 2019-04-21
Publish Date: 2019-08-25

Abstract

In order to make the fiber laser operate in two different states simultaneously, the erbium-doped fiber laser with both nonlinear polarization rotation (NPR) technique and carbon nanotube saturable absorber (CNT-SA) was fabricated in this experiment. The intra-cavity birefringence-induced comb filter based on NPR effect was employed to realize the dual-wavelength operation, and the Q-switched and Q-switched mode-locking pulses could be achieved by utilizing the NPR technique and the CNT-SA together. Therefore, the coexistence of Q-switched and Q-switched mode-locking pulses could be obtained in the fiber laser by finely adjusting the cavity parameters. After filtering each wavelength, it was found that the lasing line at 1531.23 nm corresponded to the Q-switched pulse with repetition rate of 45.62 kHz, while the lasing line at 1557.18 nm corresponded to the Q-switched mode locking pulse. The Q-switched envelope repetition rate and pulse repetition rate of the Q-switched mode locking pulses are 45.62 kHz and 18.18 MHz, respectively. The experimental results would enhance the operation flexibility of fiber laser, and further expand its application in related fields.
- Q-switched,
- Q-switched mode-locking,
- dual-wavelength,
- erbium-doped fiber laser

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[11]	Wang Zhiteng, Chen Yu, Zhao Chujun, et al. Switchable dual-wavelength synchronously Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser based on graphene saturable absorber[J]. IEEE Photonics Journal, 2012, 4(3):869-876.
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[14]	Mao Dong, Liu Xueming, Han Dongdong, et al. Compact all-fiber laser delivering conventional and dissipative solitons[J]. Optics Letters, 2013, 38(16):3190-3193.
[15]	Huang Yuqi, Hu Ziang, Cui Hu, et al. Coexistence of harmonic soliton molecules and rectangular noise-like pulses in a figure-eight fiber laser[J]. Optics Letters, 2016, 41(17):4056-4059.
[16]	Wang Yazhou, Li Jianfei, Zhang Entao, et al. Coexistence of noise-like pulse and high repetition rate harmonic mode-locking in a dual-wavelength mode-locked Tm-doped fiber laser[J]. Optics Express, 2017, 25(15):17192-17200.
[17]	Liu Meng, Luo Aiping, Xu Wencheng, et al. Coexistence of bound soliton and harmonic mode-locking soliton in an ultrafast fiber laser based on MoS2-deposited microfiber photonic device[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2018, 16(2):020008.
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[25]	Fan Dengfeng, Mou Chengbo, Bai Xuekun, et al. Passively Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser using evanescent field interaction with gold-nanosphere based saturable absorber[J]. Optics Express, 2014, 22(15):18537-18542.
[26]	Wang Xude, Luo Zhichao, Liu Hao, et al. Gold nanorod as saturable absorber for Q-switched Yb-doped fiber laser[J]. Optics Communications, 2015, 346:21-25.
[27]	Lin J H, Yang W H, Hsieh W F, et al. Low threshold and high power output of a diode-pumped nonlinear mirror mode-locked Nd:GdVO4 laser[J]. Optics Express, 2005, 13(17):6323-6329.
[28]	Lin K H, Kang J J, Wu H H, et al. Manipulation of operation states by polarization control in an erbium-doped fiber laser with a hybrid saturable absorber[J]. Optics Express, 2009, 17(6):4806-4814.
[29]	Lee J, Koo J, Debnath P, et al. A Q-switched, mode-locked fiber laser using a graphene oxide-based polarization sensitive saturable absorber[J]. Laser Physics Letters, 2013, 10(3):035103.
[30]	Luo Zhichao, Luo Aiping, Xu Wencheng, et al. Tunable multiwavelength passively mode-locked fiber ring laser using intracavity birefringence-induced comb filter[J]. IEEE Photonics Journal, 2010, 2(4):571-577.

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Coexistence of Q-switched and Q-switched mode-locking pulse dual-wavelength fiber laser

1. Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Special Fiber Photonic Devices and Applications,South China Normal University,Guangzhou 510006,China;

2. Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Microstructured Functional Fibers and Devices,South China Normal University,Guangzhou 510006,China

Received Date: 2019-03-11

Rev Recd Date: 2019-04-21

Publish Date: 2019-08-25

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Abstract: In order to make the fiber laser operate in two different states simultaneously, the erbium-doped fiber laser with both nonlinear polarization rotation (NPR) technique and carbon nanotube saturable absorber (CNT-SA) was fabricated in this experiment. The intra-cavity birefringence-induced comb filter based on NPR effect was employed to realize the dual-wavelength operation, and the Q-switched and Q-switched mode-locking pulses could be achieved by utilizing the NPR technique and the CNT-SA together. Therefore, the coexistence of Q-switched and Q-switched mode-locking pulses could be obtained in the fiber laser by finely adjusting the cavity parameters. After filtering each wavelength, it was found that the lasing line at 1531.23 nm corresponded to the Q-switched pulse with repetition rate of 45.62 kHz, while the lasing line at 1557.18 nm corresponded to the Q-switched mode locking pulse. The Q-switched envelope repetition rate and pulse repetition rate of the Q-switched mode locking pulses are 45.62 kHz and 18.18 MHz, respectively. The experimental results would enhance the operation flexibility of fiber laser, and further expand its application in related fields.

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[1]	Richardson D J, Nilsson J, Clarkson W A. High power fiber lasers:current status and future perspectives[Invited] [J]. Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 2010, 27(11):B63-B92.
[2]	Nelson L E, Jones D J, Tamura K, et al. Ultrashort-pulse fiber ring lasers[J]. Applied Physics B (Lasers and Optics), 1997, 65(2):277-294.
[3]	Filippov V N, Starodumov A N, Kir'Yanov A V. All-fiber passively Q-switched low-threshold erbium laser[J]. Optics Letters, 2001, 26(6):343-345.
[4]	Luo Zhichao, Liu Jiarui, Wang Huiyi, et al. Wide-band tunable passively Q-switched all-fiber ring laser based on nonlinear polarization rotation technique[J]. Laser Physics, 2012, 22(1):203-206.
[5]	Lin K H, Kang J J, Wu H H, et al. Manipulation of operation states by polarization control in an erbium-doped fiber laser with a hybrid saturable absorber[J]. Optics Express, 2009, 17(6):4806-4814.
[6]	Chang Youmin, Lee J, Jhon J M, et al. Q-switched mode-locking in an erbium-doped femtosecond fiber laser based on nonlinear polarization rotation[J]. Applied Optics, 2012, 51(21):5295-5301.
[7]	Haus H A. Mode-locking of lasers[J]. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 2002, 6(6):1173-1185.
[8]	Zhang Han, Bao Qiaoliang, Tang Dingyuan, et al. Large energy soliton erbium-doped fiber laser with a graphene-polymer composite mode locker[J]. Applied Physics Letters, 2009, 95:141103.
[9]	Coddington I, Newbury N, Swann W. Dual-comb spectroscopy[J]. Optica, 2016, 3(4):414-426.
[10]	Luo Zhengqian, Zhou Min, Weng Jian, et al. Graphene-based passively Q-switched dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser[J]. Optics Letters, 2010, 35(21):3709-3711.
[11]	Wang Zhiteng, Chen Yu, Zhao Chujun, et al. Switchable dual-wavelength synchronously Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser based on graphene saturable absorber[J]. IEEE Photonics Journal, 2012, 4(3):869-876.
[12]	Zhang Han, Tang Dingyuan, Wu Xuan, et al. Multi-wavelength dissipative soliton operation of an erbium-doped fiber laser[J]. Optics Express, 2009, 17(15):12692-12697.
[13]	Liu Meng, Zhao Nian, Liu Hao, et al. Dual-wavelength harmonically mode-locked fiber laser with topological insulator saturable absorber[J]. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 2014, 26(10):983-986.
[14]	Mao Dong, Liu Xueming, Han Dongdong, et al. Compact all-fiber laser delivering conventional and dissipative solitons[J]. Optics Letters, 2013, 38(16):3190-3193.
[15]	Huang Yuqi, Hu Ziang, Cui Hu, et al. Coexistence of harmonic soliton molecules and rectangular noise-like pulses in a figure-eight fiber laser[J]. Optics Letters, 2016, 41(17):4056-4059.
[16]	Wang Yazhou, Li Jianfei, Zhang Entao, et al. Coexistence of noise-like pulse and high repetition rate harmonic mode-locking in a dual-wavelength mode-locked Tm-doped fiber laser[J]. Optics Express, 2017, 25(15):17192-17200.
[17]	Liu Meng, Luo Aiping, Xu Wencheng, et al. Coexistence of bound soliton and harmonic mode-locking soliton in an ultrafast fiber laser based on MoS2-deposited microfiber photonic device[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2018, 16(2):020008.
[18]	Andrs M V, Cruz J L, Dez A, et al. Actively Q-switched all-fiber lasers[J]. Laser Physics Letters, 2007, 5(2):93-99.
[19]	Stetser D A, Demaria A J. Optical spectra of ultrashort optical pulses generated by mode-locked glass:Nd laser[J]. Applied Physics Letters, 1966, 9(3):118-120.
[20]	Huang J Y, Huang S C, Chang H L, et al. Passive Q switching of Er-Yb fiber laser with semiconductor saturable absorber[J]. Optics Express, 2008, 16(5):3002-3007.
[21]	Zhou Dapeng, Wei Li, Dong Bo, et al. Tunable passively Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser with carbon nanotubes as a saturable absorber[J]. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 2010, 22(1):9-11.
[22]	Chernysheva M, Mou Chengbo, Arif R, et al. High power Q-switched thulium doped fibre laser using carbon nanotube polymer composite saturable absorber[J]. Scientific Reports, 2016, 6:24220.
[23]	Luo Zhengqian, Huang Yizhong, Weng Jian, et al. 1.06m Q-switched ytterbium-doped fiber laser using few-layer topological insulator Bi2Se3 as a saturable absorber[J]. Optics Express, 2013, 21(24):29516-29522.
[24]	Luo Zhengqian, Liu Chun, Huang Yizhong, et al. Topological-insulator passively Q-switched double-clad fiber laser at 2m wavelength[J]. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronic, 2014, 20(5):0902708.
[25]	Fan Dengfeng, Mou Chengbo, Bai Xuekun, et al. Passively Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser using evanescent field interaction with gold-nanosphere based saturable absorber[J]. Optics Express, 2014, 22(15):18537-18542.
[26]	Wang Xude, Luo Zhichao, Liu Hao, et al. Gold nanorod as saturable absorber for Q-switched Yb-doped fiber laser[J]. Optics Communications, 2015, 346:21-25.
[27]	Lin J H, Yang W H, Hsieh W F, et al. Low threshold and high power output of a diode-pumped nonlinear mirror mode-locked Nd:GdVO4 laser[J]. Optics Express, 2005, 13(17):6323-6329.
[28]	Lin K H, Kang J J, Wu H H, et al. Manipulation of operation states by polarization control in an erbium-doped fiber laser with a hybrid saturable absorber[J]. Optics Express, 2009, 17(6):4806-4814.
[29]	Lee J, Koo J, Debnath P, et al. A Q-switched, mode-locked fiber laser using a graphene oxide-based polarization sensitive saturable absorber[J]. Laser Physics Letters, 2013, 10(3):035103.
[30]	Luo Zhichao, Luo Aiping, Xu Wencheng, et al. Tunable multiwavelength passively mode-locked fiber ring laser using intracavity birefringence-induced comb filter[J]. IEEE Photonics Journal, 2010, 2(4):571-577.

Coexistence of Q-switched and Q-switched mode-locking pulse dual-wavelength fiber laser

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