The role of the saturable absorber in a mode-locked fiber laser

Dmitriy Churin; Khanh Kieu; Nasser Peyghambarian

doi:10.1117/12.909499

15 February 2012 The role of the saturable absorber in a mode-locked fiber laser

Dmitriy Churin, Khanh Kieu, Nasser Peyghambarian

Proceedings Volume 8237, Fiber Lasers IX: Technology, Systems, and Applications; 823722 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.909499
Event: SPIE LASE, 2012, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We experimentally investigated the role of the saturable absorber (SA) in a mode-locked fiber laser. It is shown that the modulation depth of the SA significantly affects the pulse duration at the laser output for a given cavity design (mainly cavity dispersion and nonlinearity).

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Dmitriy Churin, Khanh Kieu, and Nasser Peyghambarian "The role of the saturable absorber in a mode-locked fiber laser", Proc. SPIE 8237, Fiber Lasers IX: Technology, Systems, and Applications, 823722 (15 February 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.909499

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