• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 11, Issue 3, 383 (2023)
Chenyue Lv1、2, Baole Lu1、2、3、*, and Jintao Bai1、2、4、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Energy Photon-Technology in Western China, International Collaborative Center on Photoelectric Technology and Nano Functional Materials, Institute of Photonics & Photon-Technology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710127, China
  • 2Shaanxi Engineering Technology Research Center for Solid State Lasers and Application, Provincial Key Laboratory of Photo-Electronic Technology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China
  • 3e-mail: lubaole1123@163.com
  • 4e-mail: baijt@nwu.edu.cn
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.475036 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Chenyue Lv, Baole Lu, Jintao Bai. Dynamics of frequency detuning in a hybrid Er-doped mode-locked fiber laser[J]. Photonics Research, 2023, 11(3): 383 Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic of hybrid amplitude modulation actively and passively all-polarization-maintaining erbium-doped mode-locked fiber laser. (PM, polarization-maintaining; LD, laser diode; WDM, wavelength-division multiplexer; EDF, erbium-doped fiber; OC, optical coupler; PC, polarization controller; ISO, isolator.)
    Fig. 1. Schematic of hybrid amplitude modulation actively and passively all-polarization-maintaining erbium-doped mode-locked fiber laser. (PM, polarization-maintaining; LD, laser diode; WDM, wavelength-division multiplexer; EDF, erbium-doped fiber; OC, optical coupler; PC, polarization controller; ISO, isolator.)
    (a)–(c) Output oscilloscope traces, (d)–(f) time-averaged spectra, and (g)–(i) RF spectra of the mode-locked fiber laser as frequency detuning increases. (a), (d), (g) Doubly periodic mode-locking; (b), (e), (h) fundamental mode-locking; (c), (f), (i) second-harmonic mode-locking.
    Fig. 2. (a)–(c) Output oscilloscope traces, (d)–(f) time-averaged spectra, and (g)–(i) RF spectra of the mode-locked fiber laser as frequency detuning increases. (a), (d), (g) Doubly periodic mode-locking; (b), (e), (h) fundamental mode-locking; (c), (f), (i) second-harmonic mode-locking.
    Mode-locked pulses under a single Q-switched envelope: (a) doubly periodic Q-switched mode-locked pulse; (b) fundamental Q-switched mode-locked pulse; (c) second-harmonic Q-switched mode-locked pulse.
    Fig. 3. Mode-locked pulses under a single Q-switched envelope: (a) doubly periodic Q-switched mode-locked pulse; (b) fundamental Q-switched mode-locked pulse; (c) second-harmonic Q-switched mode-locked pulse.
    Numerical simulation plots of fundamental mode-locking (a) time domain, (b) frequency domain, and (c) peak values under different detuning conditions with fd=0.0, −0.5, −1.5, and −2.5 MHz.
    Fig. 4. Numerical simulation plots of fundamental mode-locking (a) time domain, (b) frequency domain, and (c) peak values under different detuning conditions with fd=0.0, 0.5, 1.5, and 2.5  MHz.
    Numerical simulation plots of doubly periodic mode-locking (a) time domain, (b) frequency domain, and (c) peak values under different detuning conditions with fd=0.0, −0.25, −0.75, and −1.25 MHz.
    Fig. 5. Numerical simulation plots of doubly periodic mode-locking (a) time domain, (b) frequency domain, and (c) peak values under different detuning conditions with fd=0.0, 0.25, 0.75, and 1.25  MHz.
    VariableValueVariableValueVariableValue
    β2PMF22  ps2/kmβ2EDF20  ps2/kmγPMF1.3  W1km1
    γEDF4.7W1km1G5Psat130 pJ
    l0.15m1Ωg13 nmVAM8 V
    Vπ2.75 VfAMVarying (Hz)fR12.24 MHz
    α30°β45°θVarying
    Table 1. Parameters in the Numerical Simulation of Hybrid Amplitude Modulation Actively and Passively Erbium-Doped Mode-Locked Fiber Laser
    Chenyue Lv, Baole Lu, Jintao Bai. Dynamics of frequency detuning in a hybrid Er-doped mode-locked fiber laser[J]. Photonics Research, 2023, 11(3): 383
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