Passively mode-locked soliton fiber laser using a combination of saturable absorber and nonlinear polarization rotation technique

• Main Authors: Shahabuddin, Nurul Shahrizan, Mohamad, Hafizah, Mahdi, Mohd Adzir, Yusoff, Zulfadzli, Ahmad, Harith, Harun, Sulaiman Wadi
• Format: Article
• Published: John Wiley & Sons 2012
• Subjects: QC Physics; TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/19914/; https://doi.org/10.1002/mop.26850

All-fiber passively mode-locked (ML) soliton fiber laser is demonstrated based on the combination of two ML mechanisms, single wall carbon nanotube saturable absorber, and nonlinear polarization rotation.The gain medium is a 10-m long erbium-doped fiber, which is pumped by a 980-nm laser diode in a...