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Characterization of an ytterbium-doped double-clad fiber laser passively mode-locked by nonlinear polarization rotation

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The properties of an ytterbium-doped double-clad fiber laser, passively mode-locked by nonlinear polarization rotation are investigated in this work. Cartographies of mode-locking regime versus halfwave plates orientations are presented for several values of the total cavity dispersion and for different pump powers. Bistability between the continuous and the mode-locking regimes is pointed out. The effect of the total group velocity dispersion is described with a master mode-locking equation.

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  1. Groupe d’Optique et d’Optronique, CORIA UMR 6614, Université de Rouen, Avenue de l’université BP 12, 76801, Saint Etienne du Rouvray, Cedex, France

    B. Ortaç, A. Hideur, M. Brunel & T. Chartier

  2. Laboratoire POMA, UMR 6136, Université d’Angers, 2 Bd. Lavoisier, 49045, Angers, Cedex 01, France

    M. Salhi, H. Leblond & F. Sanchez

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Ortaç, B., Hideur, A., Brunel, M. et al. Characterization of an ytterbium-doped double-clad fiber laser passively mode-locked by nonlinear polarization rotation. Appl. Phys. B 77, 589–594 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-003-1302-8

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