Dissipative soliton resonance in a passively mode-locked praseodymium fiber laser
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2019
Abstract
Dissipative soliton resonance (DSR) operation in a passively mode-locked praseodymium-doped fluoride fiber laser with a nonlinear optical loop mirror is proposed and demonstrated. A praseodymium-doped fluoride fiber is employed as the gain medium to allow lasing in the 1.3 μm region, and a stable square pulse emission at 1303 nm is observed. The width of the square pulse broadens with the increment of pump power, from 83 ns to 239 ns, whereas the peak power remains at a comparable level. The highest single pulse energy is recorded at around 2.3 nJ without the appearance of pulse breaking, validating the predicted DSR operation. To the best of author's knowledge, this work is the first study of DSR operation in the 1.3 μm region.
Keywords
Dissipative soliton resonance, Mode-locked, Praseodymium, Fiber laser
Divisions
PHYSICS
Funders
Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia: grant GA 010 – 2014 (ULUNG),University of Malaya: grants RP 029 – 15 AFR and RU 001 – 2017
Publication Title
Optics & Laser Technology
Volume
112
Publisher
Elsevier