• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 8, Issue 1, 65 (2020)
Chunyang Ma1、2, Ankita Khanolkar3, Yimin Zang3, and Andy Chong2、3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
  • 2Department of Physics, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio 45469, USA
  • 3Department of Electro-Optics and Photonics, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio 45469, USA
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.8.000065 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Chunyang Ma, Ankita Khanolkar, Yimin Zang, Andy Chong. Ultrabroadband, few-cycle pulses directly from a Mamyshev fiber oscillator[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(1): 65 Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic of the Mamyshev fiber oscillator. PBS, polarizing beam splitter; HWP, half-wave plate; QWP, quarter-wave plate; ISO, free space isolator; DDL, dispersion delay line (a grating pair); PCF, photonic crystal fiber.
    Fig. 1. Schematic of the Mamyshev fiber oscillator. PBS, polarizing beam splitter; HWP, half-wave plate; QWP, quarter-wave plate; ISO, free space isolator; DDL, dispersion delay line (a grating pair); PCF, photonic crystal fiber.
    (a) Pulse duration and spectral BW evolution in the laser cavity. (b) Misfit parameter M in the cavity. (c) Pulse before and after the DDL. (d) Output spectrum. (e) Output pulse. (f) Numerically dechirped pulse by a 300 lines/mm grating pair.
    Fig. 2. (a) Pulse duration and spectral BW evolution in the laser cavity. (b) Misfit parameter M in the cavity. (c) Pulse before and after the DDL. (d) Output spectrum. (e) Output pulse. (f) Numerically dechirped pulse by a 300 lines/mm grating pair.
    Experimental results. (a) Output spectrum from the PBS1. (b) Output spectrum. (c) Dechirped autocorrelation. (d) Calculated Fourier transform limited pulse profile. (e) Output spectrum stability over an 8 h window.
    Fig. 3. Experimental results. (a) Output spectrum from the PBS1. (b) Output spectrum. (c) Dechirped autocorrelation. (d) Calculated Fourier transform limited pulse profile. (e) Output spectrum stability over an 8 h window.
    Octave spanning simulation results. (a) Output spectrum. (b) A 300 lines/mm grating pair dechirped pulse and its Fourier transform limited pulse.
    Fig. 4. Octave spanning simulation results. (a) Output spectrum. (b) A 300 lines/mm grating pair dechirped pulse and its Fourier transform limited pulse.
    Chunyang Ma, Ankita Khanolkar, Yimin Zang, Andy Chong. Ultrabroadband, few-cycle pulses directly from a Mamyshev fiber oscillator[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(1): 65
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