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Switchable multi-wavelength linearly-polarized lasing oscillations in a figure eight EDF laser based on spatial-mode beating by means of weakly-coupled FMF
摘要： A switchable multi-wavelength figure eight Erbium-doped fiber (EDF) laser with linearly-polarized (LP) beam generation in the C-band region is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. Spatial-mode beating occurs owing to effect of multi-mode interference in the weakly-coupled few-mode fiber (FMF). A bandpass filter of multiple specific wavelengths is created by incorporating a weakly-coupled FMF with a Sagnac fiber loop. The LP modes are generated by cascaded mode-selective couplers (MSCs), which are designed and fabricated by tapering the proposed FMF with single-mode fiber (SMF). Combination of the cascaded MSCs and a simple N × 1 optical switch is employed to switch the LP modes. In experiments, the proposed fiber laser delivers versatile lasing outputs in states of single-, dual-, triple-wavelength oscillations for LP01, LP11 and LP21 modes. We investigate the stabilities for LP01, LP11, LP21 modes in 24-min. Moreover, the mode intensity profiles, optical signal-noise ratios (OSNRs) of lasing output and slope efficiencies are also measured. The proposed fiber laser has promising applications in WDM-MDM optical fiber communication systems, optical fiber sensor systems, optical instruments and spectroscopy.
关键词： Weakly-coupled FMF,Mode selective coupler,Sagnac fiber loop,Erbium-doped fiber laser
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57
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[IEEE 2019 18th International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN) - Huangshan, China (2019.8.5-2019.8.8)] 2019 18th International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN) - High Efficiency Fused-Biconical Type Mode Selective Coupler Using Four-Mode Fiber at 1550 nm
摘要： In this letter, we demonstrate a fused-biconical type mode selective coupler that couples the LP01 mode in single-mode fiber. We also discuss the high-order modes fiber and the threshold conditions for HOMs.
关键词： high-order modes,fused-biconical,mode selective coupler
更新于2025-09-12 10:27:22
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[IEEE 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC) - Munich, Germany (2019.6.23-2019.6.27)] 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC) - Intra-Cavity Mode-Selective Coupler Assisted Ultrafast Cylindrical Vector Fiber Laser
摘要： Cylindrical vector beam (CVB) fiber lasers have attracted great attentions due to their promising applications in optical communications, super-resolution imaging and optical trapping. Recently, it has been proved that mode-selective coupler (MSC) is an efficient method for generating CVBs in all-fiber lasers [1-3]. However, to date, the reported MSC-assisted CVB lasers have a common feature that the fundamental transverse mode (LP01) oscillates in the laser cavity whereas the high-order modes are outside the laser cavity. To some extent, such cylindrical vector lasers belong to the external mode conversion, rather than the direct generation of high-order modes inside the laser cavity. In this contribution, we present an intra-cavity MSC assisted CVB fiber laser in a compact linear-cavity mode-locked by using a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM). The laser architecture is shown in Fig. 1(a), which consists of a 5 m Er-doped fiber, a 980/1550 wavelength-division multiplexer (WDM) pumped by a 980 nm laser, a polarization controller (PC), a 90% high coupling ratio MSC with an insertion loss of 0.3 dB. A fiber end-facet mirror is sandwiched between the two fiber ferrules and a SESAM mode locker has a modulation depth of 18%. The rest of cavity consists of ~14.3 m standard single-mode fiber (SMF) and ~0.6 m few mode fiber (FMF). Self-started mode-locking occurs when the pump power reaches ~35 mW. Thanks to the high coupling efficiency of intra-cavity mode converter, LP01 mode in the SMF is sufficiently coupled to LP11 mode in the FMF when it passes through the MSC. The reflected LP11 mode from the mirror can be partially coupled back to the SMF with a low loss, resulting in the laser oscillation. In this case, the laser operates between MSC and the mirror in the LP11 mode, which outputs from the FMF, meanwhile the LP01 mode oscillates in the remaining section of the linear-cavity. Eventually, the laser can allow the direct generation of LP11 mode from the laser cavity. Typical laser output characteristics such as broadband spectra, pulse train and output power are shown in Fig. 1(b)-(e). The laser operates at the wavelength of 1562 nm with a 3-dB bandwidth of ~4.4 nm and a repetition rate of 5.2 MHz. Radially polarized and azimuthally polarized ultrafast CVBs are obtained by adjusting the PC, and corresponding donut beam profiles are demonstrated by checking the rotating intensity distribution through the linear polarizer, as presented in Fig. 1(f).
关键词： Cylindrical vector beam,mode-selective coupler,ultrafast,fiber laser
更新于2025-09-11 14:15:04