• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 16, Issue 1, 010602 (2018)
Yu Cai1, Jie Wang1, Jiaojiao Zhang1, Hongdan Wan1, Zuxing Zhang1、*, and Lin Zhang1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Advanced Photonic Technology Lab, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
  • 2Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201816.010602 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yu Cai, Jie Wang, Jiaojiao Zhang, Hongdan Wan, Zuxing Zhang, Lin Zhang. Generation of cylindrical vector beams in a mode-locked fiber laser using a mode-selective coupler[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2018, 16(1): 010602 Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic of MSC.
    Fig. 1. Schematic of MSC.
    CCD images of the LP11 mode excited in the TMF at different launching wavelengths.
    Fig. 2. CCD images of the LP11 mode excited in the TMF at different launching wavelengths.
    Experimental setup of the proposed mode-locked fiber laser based on nonlinear polarization rotation with CVB generation.
    Fig. 3. Experimental setup of the proposed mode-locked fiber laser based on nonlinear polarization rotation with CVB generation.
    (a) Spectrum and (b) the corresponding pulse train of single-pulse mode locking, (c) the spectrum and (d) the corresponding pulse train of three-pulse mode locking.
    Fig. 4. (a) Spectrum and (b) the corresponding pulse train of single-pulse mode locking, (c) the spectrum and (d) the corresponding pulse train of three-pulse mode locking.
    (a) Live FROG trace. (b) Measured and retrieved FROG traces.
    Fig. 5. (a) Live FROG trace. (b) Measured and retrieved FROG traces.
    Autocorrelation trace.
    Fig. 6. Autocorrelation trace.
    Spectrum of bound mode-locking state (the inset is the close-up spectrum from 1550 to 1552 nm).
    Fig. 7. Spectrum of bound mode-locking state (the inset is the close-up spectrum from 1550 to 1552 nm).
    Pulse train of bound mode-locking state.
    Fig. 8. Pulse train of bound mode-locking state.
    Intensity distributions of (a) TE01 and (f) TM01 modes, and their evolutions with rotation of the linear polarizer.
    Fig. 9. Intensity distributions of (a) TE01 and (f) TM01 modes, and their evolutions with rotation of the linear polarizer.
    Yu Cai, Jie Wang, Jiaojiao Zhang, Hongdan Wan, Zuxing Zhang, Lin Zhang. Generation of cylindrical vector beams in a mode-locked fiber laser using a mode-selective coupler[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2018, 16(1): 010602
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