Khmaies Guesmi

1.61 μm high-order passive harmonic mode locking in a fiber laser based on graphene saturable absorber.

We demonstrate a passive mode-locked Er:Yb doped double-clad ring fiber laser based on graphene saturable absorber. By adjusting the polarization controller and minimizing the cavity loss, the laser can operate at hundreds of harmonics of the fundamental repetition frequency of the resonator with the central wavelength of 1.61 μm. Up to 683rd harmonic (which corresponds to 5.882 GHz) of the fundamental repetition frequency was achieved.

1.6 μm emission based on linear loss control in a Er:Yb doped double-clad fiber laser

Based on the control of the linear losses of the cavity, we demonstrate the possibility to achieve filterless laser emission above 1.6 μm, from a C-band double-clad Er:Yb doped fiber amplifier. The concept is validated in both continuous wave and mode-locked regimes, using a figure-of-eight geometry. A unidirectional ring cavity is also tested in the continuous regime. Spectral properties of laser emissions are characterized as a function of the intracavity linear losses.

High power L-band mode-locked fiber laser based on topological insulator saturable absorber

We demonstrate a passive mode-locked Er:Yb doped double-clad fiber laser using a microfiber-based topological insulator (Bi(2)Se(3)) saturable absorber (TISA). By optimizing the cavity loss and output coupling ratio, the mode-locked fiber laser can operate in L-band with high average output power. With the highest pump power of 5 W, 91st harmonic mode locking of soliton bunches with average output power of 308 mW was obtained. This is the first report that the TISA based erbium-doped fiber laser operating above 1.6 μm and is also the highest output power yet reported in TISA based passive mode-locked fiber laser.

Control of the square pulse properties in figure-of-eight microstructured fiber laser

Abstract. We numerically analyze the square pulse emission from a passively mode-locked figure-of-eight microstructured optical fiber laser. Numerical simulations demonstrate that the high nonlinearity of the microstructured fiber plays a key role in the output pulse duration. A dual-stage erbium-doped fiber amplifier has been used in the cavity. The first amplifier, localized in the nonlinear amplifying loop mirror, allows control of the pulse width, while the second amplifier in the unidirectional ring allows variation of the amplitude without affecting the pulse width. Our results give some physical insight to the square pulse formation and the generation of high-energy pulses. Our numerical model provides a general approach to control the properties of a square pulse, and hence could be of great importance for the design of practical high-energy fiber laser systems.

Hysteresis phenomenon and multistability in figure-of-eight microstructured fiber laser

We report a theoretical investigation of multi-pulse emission of a microstructured figure-of-eight fiber laser operating in passive mode-locking. The proposed laser is mode locked by the nonlinear amplifying loop mirror (NALM). We study, in this paper, the hysteresis dependence and the number of pulses in steady state as a function of both the small signal gain and the nonlinear coefficient of microstructured fiber. The numerical simulation confirms that the pulse splitting is a consequence of the energy quantization in anomalous dispersion. Moreover, our results suggest that the hysteresis phenomenon is an intrinsic feature of the mode-locked fiber lasers independently of the exact mode-locking mechanism. Finally, we identify that the nonlinear coefficient of microstructured fiber plays a key role in the formation of multi-soliton.

Widely tunable, narrow line width and low optical noise continuous-wave all fiber Er:Yb co-doped double-clad ring laser

In this paper, we report a widely tunable, narrow linewidth, low noise continuous-wave double-clad Er:Yb doped fiber ring laser. Tunability is demonstrated in wide range spanning from 1520 to almost 1620 nm covering the C and L spectral bands. The cavity design is optimized in order to achieve the largest tuning range with very high optical signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). The output coupling ratio greatly influences the tuning range of the laser while the position of the spectral filter determines the SNR. The obtained laser exhibits a tuning range over 98 nm with a nearly constant SNR of about 58.5 dB.

High power passive mode-locked L-band fiber laser based on microfiber topological insulator saturable absorber

In this communication, we demonstrate a passive mode-locked Er:Yb co-doped double-clad fiber laser using a tapered microfiber topological insulator (Bi2Se3) saturable absorber (TISA). The topological insulator is drop-casted onto the tapered fiber and optically deposited by optical tweezer effect. We use a ring laser setup including the fabricated TISA. By carefully optimizing the cavity losses and output coupling ratio, the mode-locked laser can operate in L-band with a high average output power. At a maximum pump power of 5 W, we obtain the 91st harmonic mode-locking of soliton bunches with a 3dB spectral bandwidth of 1.06nm, a repetition rate of 640.9 MHz and an average output power of 308mW. As far as we know, this is the highest output power yet reported of a mode-locked fiber laser operating with a TISA.

1.6 µm laser emission from the Er:Yb doped double-clad fiber amplifier

In this paper, we demonstrate the possibility to obtain laser emission above 1.6 μm from a C-band Er:Yb doped fiber amplifier thanks to the control of linear losses of the cavity. The principle is validated in figure-of-eight fiber laser. This concept is then successfully used to realize a widely tunable graphene-based mode-locked fiber laser.