• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 10, Issue 2, 483 (2022)
Huaiwei Zhang1, Yunhong Zhang1, Jiying Peng1、*, Xinyang Su1, Xiaosheng Xiao2, Dongjian Xu1, Junhao Chen1, Tianran Sun1, Kai Zheng1, Jianquan Yao1, and Yi Zheng1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information, Ministry of Education, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, School of Electronic Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.444750 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Huaiwei Zhang, Yunhong Zhang, Jiying Peng, Xinyang Su, Xiaosheng Xiao, Dongjian Xu, Junhao Chen, Tianran Sun, Kai Zheng, Jianquan Yao, Yi Zheng. All-fiber spatiotemporal mode-locking lasers with large modal dispersion[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(2): 483 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    It is a challenging problem to balance the modal walk-off (modal dispersion) between multiple transverse modes and chromatic dispersion in long step-index multimode fibers (MMFs). By properly designing the oscillator, we have overcome the difficulty and successfully obtained an all-fiber spatiotemporal mode-locked laser based on step-index MMFs with large modal dispersion for the first time, to our knowledge. Various proofs of spatiotemporal mode-locking (STML) such as spatial, spectral, and temporal properties, are measured and characterized. This laser works at a fundamental frequency of 28.7 MHz, and achieves a pulse laser with single pulse energy of 8 nJ, pulse width of 20.1 ps, and signal-to-noise ratio of 70 dB. In addition, we observe a dynamic evolution of the transverse mode energy during the STML establishment process that has never been reported before.
    Huaiwei Zhang, Yunhong Zhang, Jiying Peng, Xinyang Su, Xiaosheng Xiao, Dongjian Xu, Junhao Chen, Tianran Sun, Kai Zheng, Jianquan Yao, Yi Zheng. All-fiber spatiotemporal mode-locking lasers with large modal dispersion[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(2): 483
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