Power Scaling of an All-PM Fiber Er-Doped Mode-Locked Laser Based on Graphene Saturable Absorber

This paper presents the study on power scaling of an all-polarization maintaining (PM) fiber mode-locked laser using the multilayer chemical vapor deposition graphene/poly(methyl methacrylate) composite as a saturable absorber by changing the coupling ratio of the laser output coupler. Pulses with t...

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Published inIEEE journal of selected topics in quantum electronics Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 60 - 65
Main Authors Tarka, Jan, Boguslawski, Jakub, Sobon, Grzegorz, Pasternak, Iwona, Przewloka, Aleksandra, Strupinski, Wlodek, Sotor, Jaroslaw, Abramski, Krzysztof Marek
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.01.2017
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Cavity resonators
Couplers
Couplings
Fiber lasers
Graphene
Laser mode locking
Optical resonators
Power lasers
ultrafast optics
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Summary:This paper presents the study on power scaling of an all-polarization maintaining (PM) fiber mode-locked laser using the multilayer chemical vapor deposition graphene/poly(methyl methacrylate) composite as a saturable absorber by changing the coupling ratio of the laser output coupler. Pulses with the duration of 148 fs were generated using 10% output coupler, which are the shortest pulses obtained from mode-locked erbium doped fiber laser working in anomalous dispersion regime, additionally the highest average output power of 15.66 mW was achieved by applying 70% output coupler. All-PM fiber resonator configuration provides self-start and stable operation. To our knowledge, this is the first comprehensive study of power scaling of erbium doped fiber laser with graphene saturable absorber. Conducted experimental work is in very good agreement with numerical simulations.
ISSN:1077-260X
1558-4542
DOI:10.1109/JSTQE.2016.2584782