• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 4, Issue 6, 327 (2016)
Yong Zhou1, Jian Lin1, Xiaoqiang Zhang1, Lixin Xu1, Chun Gu1, Biao Sun1, Anting Wang1、*, and Qiwen Zhan2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  • 2Electro-Optics Program, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio 45469, USA
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.4.000327 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yong Zhou, Jian Lin, Xiaoqiang Zhang, Lixin Xu, Chun Gu, Biao Sun, Anting Wang, Qiwen Zhan. Self-starting passively mode-locked all fiber laser based on carbon nanotubes with radially polarized emission[J]. Photonics Research, 2016, 4(6): 327 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We demonstrate an all fiber passively mode-locked laser emitting a radially polarized beam by using a few-mode fiber Bragg grating to achieve mode selection and spectrum filtering. An offset splicing of single-mode fiber with four-mode fiber is utilized as a mode coupler in the laser cavity. Carbon nanotubes are introduced into the laser cavity as the saturable absorber to achieve self-start mode locking. The laser operates at 1547.5 nm with a narrow spectrum width of 0.3 nm at 30 dB. The emitted mode-locked pulses have a duration of 22.73 ps and repetition of 10.61 MHz. A radially polarized beam has been obtained with high mode purity by adjusting the polarization in the laser cavity.
    Itotal=m·J12(ra)+n·J02(ra),(1)

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    Yong Zhou, Jian Lin, Xiaoqiang Zhang, Lixin Xu, Chun Gu, Biao Sun, Anting Wang, Qiwen Zhan. Self-starting passively mode-locked all fiber laser based on carbon nanotubes with radially polarized emission[J]. Photonics Research, 2016, 4(6): 327
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