Synchronized triple-wavelength fiber lasers at 1, 1.55, and 1.9 µm

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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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2023-05-15

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Optics Letters, Volume 48, issue 10, pp. 2619-2622

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Synchronized lasers working at different wavelengths are of great significance for numerous applications, such as high-energy femtosecond pulse emission, Raman microscopy, and precise timing distribution. Here, we report synchronized triple-wavelength fiber lasers working at 1, 1.55, and 1.9 µm, respectively, by combining the coupling and injection configurations. The laser system consists of three fiber resonators gained by ytterbium-doped fiber, erbium-doped fiber, and thulium-doped fiber, respectively. Ultrafast optical pulses formed in these resonators are obtained by passive mode-locking with the use of a carbon-nanotube saturable absorber. A maximum cavity mismatch of ∼1.4 mm is reached by the synchronized triple-wavelength fiber lasers in the synchronization regime by finely tuning the variable optical delay lines incorporated in the fiber cavities. In addition, we investigate the synchronization characteristics of a non-polarization-maintaining fiber laser in an injection configuration. Our results provide a new, to the best of our knowledge, perspective on multi-color synchronized ultrafast lasers with broad spectral coverage, high compactness, and a tunable repetition rate.

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Funding Information: Acknowledgments. This research was supported by the Academy of Finland Flagship Programme, Photonics Research and Innovation (PREIN, 320167). Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Optica Publishing Group.

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Zheng, J, Li, D, Liu, P, Cui, X, Geng, W, Zhang, Q, Xu, Z, Kauppinen, E I & Sun, Z 2023, ' Synchronized triple-wavelength fiber lasers at 1, 1.55, and 1.9 µm ', Optics Letters, vol. 48, no. 10, pp. 2619-2622 . https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.489210