• Chinese Journal of Lasers
  • Vol. 39, Issue 2, 202007 (2012)
Shi Mingwei*, Liu Bowen, Wang Sijia, Chai Lu, Hu Minglie, and Wang Chingyue
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    Shi Mingwei, Liu Bowen, Wang Sijia, Chai Lu, Hu Minglie, Wang Chingyue. Generation of Giant-Chirp Laser Pulses in a Stretched-Pulse Mode-Locked Fiber Laser[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2012, 39(2): 202007 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    A stretched-pulse mode-locked fiber laser which can generate giant-chirp is reported. The nonlinear polarization (NPR) is applied to start the mode-locking. The laser consists of long single mode fiber (SMF) providing large normal dispersion, and grating pairs are utilized for compensation. The mode-locking laser operates at the normal-dispersion region, generates giant-chirp pulses of 2.17 ps and pulse energy of 1.81 nJ at a repetition rate of 36.96 MHz. The giant-chirp pulses are dechirped to a pulse duration of 70 fs. A more than 80 dB signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for fundamental harmonic of the pulse train is observed in radio frequency analyzer. This kind of giant-linear chirp mode-locking laser is very suitable for chirp pulse amplification (CPA) system.
    Shi Mingwei, Liu Bowen, Wang Sijia, Chai Lu, Hu Minglie, Wang Chingyue. Generation of Giant-Chirp Laser Pulses in a Stretched-Pulse Mode-Locked Fiber Laser[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2012, 39(2): 202007
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