Bidirectional mode-locked all-normal dispersion fiber laser
- 7 August 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optica
- Vol. 7 (8), 961-964
- https://doi.org/10.1364/optica.396304
Abstract
The bidirectional mode-locked oscillator is an emerging light source architecture suitable for dual-comb applications. Therein, bidirectional mode-locked fiber lasers (MLFLs) are particularly promising for their cost effectiveness, system com-pactness, and environmental robustness. However, the pulse energy has been limited to tens of picojoules, restricting practi-cal dual-comb applications, especially in the nonlinear regime. In this paper, we break the pulse energy limit by devising the first bidirectional all-normal dispersion MLFL with an artifi-cial saturable absorber (ASA). Bidirectional dissipative solitons are generated with >5-THz bandwidths and >1-nJ pulse energies. Free-running laser performance is extensively char-acterized, and the physical mechanism for bidirectional ASA mode-locking is studied. Last but not least, a proof-of-concept dual-comb spectroscopy measurement is demonstrated. Our work paves the way for a new class of bidirectional MLFLs ben-efiting dual-comb applications in both linear and nonlinear regimes. (C) 2020 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing AgreementKeywords
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