Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Actively mode-locked fiber laser based on hybrid Raman and Erbium-doped fiber gains

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Daru Chen

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Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Zhejiang University, East Building No.5, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou 310058, China

Joint Research Center of Photonics of the Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) and Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou 310058, China

Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Zhejiang University, East Building No.5, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou 310058, ChinaSearch for more papers by this author

Shan Qin,

Shan Qin

Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Zhejiang University, East Building No.5, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou 310058, China

Joint Research Center of Photonics of the Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) and Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou 310058, China

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Daru Chen,

Corresponding Author

Daru Chen

[email protected]

Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Zhejiang University, East Building No.5, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou 310058, China

Joint Research Center of Photonics of the Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) and Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou 310058, China

Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Zhejiang University, East Building No.5, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou 310058, ChinaSearch for more papers by this author

Shan Qin,

Shan Qin

Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Zhejiang University, East Building No.5, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou 310058, China

Joint Research Center of Photonics of the Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) and Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou 310058, China

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First published: 27 July 2007

https://doi.org/10.1002/mop.22735

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Abstract

An actively mode-locked fiber laser (AMLFL) based on the hybrid gain of a dispersion-shifted fiber (as the Raman gain medium) and an Erbium-doped fiber (EDF) is introduced. The fiber Raman gain mechanism can effectively suppress the gain competition of an EDF, which usually results into the supermode noise in an actively mode-locked EDF laser. We experimentally demonstrated a stable AMLFL with the repetition of about 5 GHz, in which the supermode noise is believed to be suppressed by employing the hybrid gain medium. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 49: 2339–2341, 2007; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI 10.1002/mop.22735

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