Short wavelength mode-locked thulium-doped fiber laser based on nonlinear polarization rotation
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Li, Can; Wei, Xiaoming; Tan, Sisi; Chen, Nan; Kang, Jiqiang; Wong, Kenneth K. Y.
- Source
- 2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2017 Conference on. :1-2 May, 2017
- Subject
- Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
General Topics for Engineers
Photonics and Electrooptics
Laser mode locking
Fiber lasers
Laser excitation
Pump lasers
Optical fiber amplifiers
- Language
We demonstrate a short wavelength harmonically mode-locked thulium-doped fiber laser based on nonlinear polarization rotation. Stable soliton pulsing with record short wavelength of 1787 nm and FWHM of 6.5 nm is achieved.