Xing D, Feng M, Liu C, He J, Chang K, Li J, Wang P, Liu Y, Wang Z. Spatiotemporal mode-locked fiber laser based on dual-resonance coupling long-period fiber grating.
OPTICS EXPRESS 2023;
31:7134-7143. [PMID:
36859850 DOI:
10.1364/oe.481559]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Spatiotemporal mode-locked (STML) fiber lasers have become an excellent platform in nonlinear optics research due to the rich nonlinear evolution process. In order to overcome modal walk-off and realize phase locking of different transverse modes, it is usually crucial to reduce the modal group delay difference in the cavity. In this paper, we use long-period fiber grating (LPFG) to compensate the large modal dispersion and differential modal gain in the cavity, realizing the spatiotemporal mode-locking in step-index fibers cavity. The LPFG inscribed in few-mode fiber could induce strong mode coupling, which has wide operation bandwidth based on dual-resonance coupling mechanism. By using dispersive Fourier transform involved intermodal interference, we show that there is a stable phase difference between the transverse modes constituting the spatiotemporal soliton. These results would be beneficial for the study of spatiotemporal mode-locked fiber lasers.
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