Pulse dynamics in carbon nanotube mode-locked fiber lasers near zero cavity dispersion

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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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Optics Express, Volume 23, issue 8, pp. 19947-19958

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We numerically and experimentally analyze the output characteristics and pulse dynamics of carbon nanotube mode-locked fiber lasers near zero cavity dispersion (from 0.02 to ∼- 0.02 ps2). We focus on such near zero dispersion cavities to reveal the dispersion related transition between different mode-locking regimes (such as soliton-like, stretchedpulse and self-similar regimes). Using our proposed model, we develop a nanotube-mode-locked fiber laser setup generating ∼97 fs pulse which operates in the stretched-pulse regime. The corresponding experimental results and pulse dynamics are in good agreement with the numerical results. Also, the experimental results from soliton-like and self-similar regimes exhibit the same trends with simulations. Our study will aid design of different mode-locking regimes based on other new saturable absorber materials to achieve ultra-short pulse duration.

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Wang, J, Cai, Z, Xu, P, Du, G, Wang, F, Ruan, S, Sun, Z & Hasan, T 2015, 'Pulse dynamics in carbon nanotube mode-locked fiber lasers near zero cavity dispersion', Optics Express, vol. 23, no. 8, pp. 19947-19958. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.23.009947