• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 21, Issue 4, 041401 (2023)
Fan Yang, Liqiang Zhang, Minghong Wang*, Nan-Kuang Chen, Yicun Yao, Zhen Tian, and Chenglin Bai**
Author Affiliations
  • School of Physics Science and Information Engineering, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Communication Science and Technology, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, China
  • show less
    DOI: 10.3788/COL202321.041401 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Fan Yang, Liqiang Zhang, Minghong Wang, Nan-Kuang Chen, Yicun Yao, Zhen Tian, Chenglin Bai. Wavelength-tunable mode-locked fiber laser based on an all-fiber Mach–Zehnder interferometer filter[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2023, 21(4): 041401 Copy Citation Text show less
    (a) Schematic diagram of the seven-core fiber; (b) schematic of the MZI filter based on tapered seven-core fiber.
    Fig. 1. (a) Schematic diagram of the seven-core fiber; (b) schematic of the MZI filter based on tapered seven-core fiber.
    Transmission spectra of the MZI with different FSRs.
    Fig. 2. Transmission spectra of the MZI with different FSRs.
    Schematic diagram of the wavelength-tunable mode-locked fiber laser.
    Fig. 3. Schematic diagram of the wavelength-tunable mode-locked fiber laser.
    Characteristics of the dissipative solitons. (a) Optical spectrum; (b) pulse train; (c) autocorrelation trace; (d) RF spectrum.
    Fig. 4. Characteristics of the dissipative solitons. (a) Optical spectrum; (b) pulse train; (c) autocorrelation trace; (d) RF spectrum.
    Tunable results of the dissipative solitons. (a) Optical spectra; (b) variations of 10 dB bandwidth and pulse duration versus the central wavelength; (c) variations of the pulse energy versus the central wavelength.
    Fig. 5. Tunable results of the dissipative solitons. (a) Optical spectra; (b) variations of 10 dB bandwidth and pulse duration versus the central wavelength; (c) variations of the pulse energy versus the central wavelength.
    Switchable dual-wavelength dissipative solitons. (a) Transmission spectrum of MZI filter with an FSR of 23.8 nm; (b), (c) optical spectra; (d), (e) pulse trains; (f), (g) autocorrelation traces; (h), (i) RF spectra.
    Fig. 6. Switchable dual-wavelength dissipative solitons. (a) Transmission spectrum of MZI filter with an FSR of 23.8 nm; (b), (c) optical spectra; (d), (e) pulse trains; (f), (g) autocorrelation traces; (h), (i) RF spectra.
    Characteristics of the amplifier similaritons. (a) Optical spectrum; (b) wide-band RF spectrum up to 300 MHz with a resolution of 100 Hz (inset, the narrow bandwidth RF spectrum from 15.5 to 35.5 MHz).
    Fig. 7. Characteristics of the amplifier similaritons. (a) Optical spectrum; (b) wide-band RF spectrum up to 300 MHz with a resolution of 100 Hz (inset, the narrow bandwidth RF spectrum from 15.5 to 35.5 MHz).
    Tunable results of the amplifier similaritons. (a) Optical spectra; (b) variations of 10 dB bandwidth and pulse duration versus central wavelength; (c) variations of pulse energy versus central wavelength.
    Fig. 8. Tunable results of the amplifier similaritons. (a) Optical spectra; (b) variations of 10 dB bandwidth and pulse duration versus central wavelength; (c) variations of pulse energy versus central wavelength.
    Fan Yang, Liqiang Zhang, Minghong Wang, Nan-Kuang Chen, Yicun Yao, Zhen Tian, Chenglin Bai. Wavelength-tunable mode-locked fiber laser based on an all-fiber Mach–Zehnder interferometer filter[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2023, 21(4): 041401
    Download Citation