3 September 2020 All-fiber wavelength-tunable bandpass filter based on core-mode conversion for mode-locked laser
Peikang Cheng, Fan Shi, Linghao Meng, Teng Wang, Fufei Pang, Xianglong Zeng
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Abstract

We propose an all-fiber configuration of tunable bandpass filter (TBPF), consisting of a mode selective coupler (MSC) and an acoustically induced fiber grating (AIFG). Either the MSC or the AIFG can act as high-order mode converters in a few-mode fiber. The working wavelengths of the MSC and the AIFG are chosen to achieve complete conversion cycle between the core-mode linearly polarized (LP01) mode and the LP11 mode. The tunability of the TBPF is achieved by changing the frequency of the radio frequency signal. An all-fiber tunable ring laser based on the TBPF is used to generate a stable continuous-wave laser with 3-dB bandwidth of around 0.8 nm. The tunable wavelength ranges from 1530 to 1580 nm. Furthermore, the TBPF is introduced into the cavity of a mode-locked fiber laser. Wavelength-tunable mode locking pulses are obtained at central wavelengths from 1530 to 1560 nm.

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Peikang Cheng, Fan Shi, Linghao Meng, Teng Wang, Fufei Pang, and Xianglong Zeng "All-fiber wavelength-tunable bandpass filter based on core-mode conversion for mode-locked laser," Optical Engineering 59(9), 096101 (3 September 2020). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.59.9.096101
Received: 17 March 2020; Accepted: 19 August 2020; Published: 3 September 2020
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KEYWORDS
Mode locking

Bandpass filters

Single mode fibers

Tunable lasers

Fiber lasers

Wavelength tuning

Continuous wave operation

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