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6 February 2004 Time response of a phase-modulated mode-locked figure-eight fiber laser
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Abstract
We purpose a new design configuration of a phase modulated mode-locked figure eight laser(F8L)with two EDFAs and experimentally measure its characteristics in this paper. Our designed F8L mode-locked laser concludes two EFDAs, an isolator, a phase modulator(PM), two polarization controllers(PC)and two unbalance couplers(90:10). Two PCs are put at the input and output of two EDFAs to fix the polarization of light to generate a stable mode-locking laser output. A nonlinear loop mirror(NLM) is used to make the pulse being compressed. The PM can add an RF modulation signal to help mode-locking of the ultrashort pulse. Preliminary experimental demonstration is given in this paper. We present the time relative responses of this system for high speed photography triggering.
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Shyh-Lin Tsao, Chih-Shang Liu, and Huang-Cuang Lin "Time response of a phase-modulated mode-locked figure-eight fiber laser", Proc. SPIE 5210, Ultrahigh- and High-Speed Photography, Photonics, and Videography, (6 February 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.505759
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KEYWORDS
Mode locking

Modulation

Fiber lasers

Amplitude modulation

High speed photography

Modulators

Optical amplifiers

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