Passively mode-locked Ytterbium-doped double-clad fiber laser

Francois Sanchez; H. Leblond; M. Salhi; Ammar Hideur; Thierry Chartier; Marc Brunel

doi:10.1117/12.498595

8 July 2003 Passively mode-locked Ytterbium-doped double-clad fiber laser

Francois Sanchez, H. Leblond, M. Salhi, Ammar Hideur, Thierry Chartier, Marc Brunel

Proceedings Volume 5036, Photonics, Devices, and Systems II; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.498595
Event: Photonics, Devices, and Systems II, 2002, Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

We consider an Yb-doped double-clad fiber laser in a unidirectional ring cavity containing a polarizer placed between two half-wave plates. Depending on the orientation of the phase plates, the laser operates in continuous, Q-switch, mode-lock or unstable self-pulsing regime. An experimental study of the stability of the mode locking regime is realized versus the orientation of the half-wave plates. A model for the stability of self-mode locking and cw operation is developed. The model is reduced to a master equation in which the coefficients are explicitly dependent on the orientation angles of the phase plates.

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Francois Sanchez, H. Leblond, M. Salhi, Ammar Hideur, Thierry Chartier, and Marc Brunel "Passively mode-locked Ytterbium-doped double-clad fiber laser", Proc. SPIE 5036, Photonics, Devices, and Systems II, (8 July 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.498595

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