Abstract

By using a new simple cavity design, in which both linear and nonlinear polarization evolution are reproducibly controlled, we demonstrate passive mode locking in a Fabry–Perot-type erbium fiber laser. The laser generates stable trains of pulses as short as 200 fs with an energy content of 70 pJ at repetition rates as high as 100 MHz.

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Characterization of a self-starting, passively mode-locked fiber ring laser that exploits nonlinear polarization evolution

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High-power passively mode-locked Er-doped fiber laser with a nonlinear optical loop mirror

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Generation of pulses shorter than 200 fs from a passively mode-locked Er fiber laser

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Environmentally stable Kerr-type mode-locked erbium fiber laser producing 360-fs pulses

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Ultrafast laser mode-locked using nonlinear polarization evolution in polarization maintaining fibers

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Opt. Lett. 42(3) 575-578 (2017)