Author Affiliations
1School of Physics and Optoelectronics; State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research and Development Center of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China2Research Institute of Future Technology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Sketch of the all-PM fiber ultrafast laser system. SM-LD, single-mode laser diode; WDM, wavelength division multiplexer; YDF, Yb-doped fiber; OC, optical coupler; PS, phase shifter; CFBG, chirped fiber Bragg grating; ISO, isolator; MM-LD, multimode laser diode.
Fig. 2. Schematic diagram of UV pulse generation. M, mirror; HWP, half-wave plate; PBS, polarization beam splitter; BB, beam barrier; DM, dichroic mirror; BPF, bandpass filter.
Fig. 3. Performance of the figure-9 mode-locked fiber laser. (a) Optical spectrum; (b) oscilloscopic trace; (c) RF spectrum; (d) PN and RIN.
Fig. 4. Performance of the 1.0-µm high-power all-PM Yb-doped ultrafast fiber laser. (a) Optical spectrum measured at 1% port of OC; (b) output power of the main amplifier varying against launched pump power; (c) M2 measurement of the amplified laser beam; (d) power stability at 6.9 W in 1-h test.
Fig. 5. Autocorrelation trace of the 1.0-µm pulse after the compressor.
Fig. 6. Performance of the SHG. (a) Output power of the second-harmonic component and corresponding efficiency with varying input powers; (b) optical spectrum; (c) power stability of SHG within 1 h.
Fig. 7. Performance of the SFG. (a) Variation of the SFG power and efficiency with the input power of fundamental light; (b) optical spectrum; (c) power stability of SFG within 1 h.
Part | Parameter | Value |
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Seed | CFBG’s second-order dispersion | 0.25 ps/nm | CFBG’s reflectivity | 25% | Cavity length | 6.5 m | Gain fiber length | 50 cm | Stretcher | Fiber length | 500 m | Preamplifier | Gain fiber length | 1 m | Main amplifier | Gain fiber length | 3.5 m | Compressor | Grating’s group density | 1600 lines/mm | Grating’s maximum diffraction angle | 58° ± 1° | Grating’s maximum diffraction efficiency | ≥94% | SHG | Lens’s focal length | 50 mm | BIBO’s length | 1.3 mm | BIBO θ | 168.5° | BIBO φ | 90° | SFG | Lens’s focal length | 100 mm | BIBO’s length | 5.1 mm | BIBO θ | 142° | BIBO φ | 90° |
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Table 1. Key Parameters of the Experimental Setup
Process | Parameter | Value |
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Fundamental source | Output average power | 6 W | 3-dB spectral width | 17.5 nm | Center wavelength | 1060 nm | Repetition rate | 28.9 MHz | Pulse duration | 244 × 1.54 fs | RMSE | 0.3% | SHG | Output average power | 2.28 W | Maximum efficiency | 38% | Center wavelength | 530 nm | RMSE | 0.35% | THG | Output average power | 596 mW | Maximum efficiency | 11% | Center wavelength | 352 nm | RMSE | 0.54% |
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Table 2. Primary Performance Metrics of the Laser System