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Self-sweeping ytterbium-doped fiber laser based on a fiber saturable absorber

Optics 2021-02-03 v1

Abstract

Generally speaking, the self-sweeping effect relies on the dynamical grating formed in a gain fiber. Here, the normal self-sweeping was generated in a pump-free ytterbium-doped fiber which serves as a fiber saturable absorber and is introduced to the laser cavity by a circulator in this experiment. The sweeping rate and the sweeping range alter as usual, both of which can be controlled by the pump power. Further, a new self-pulse signal is observed and discussed in this work, which shows the difference of the self-sweeping effects between active fiber and fiber saturable absorber.

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@article{arxiv.2010.14818,
  title  = {Self-sweeping ytterbium-doped fiber laser based on a fiber saturable absorber},
  author = {Zengrun Wen and Kaile Wang and Baole Lu and Haowei Chen and Jintao Bai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.14818},
  year   = {2021}
}