Revealing the Evolution from Q-Switching to Mode-Locking in an Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser Using Tungsten Trioxide Saturable Absorber

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Abstract

Passively Q-switching and mode-locking technologies can generate short pulses with durations that differ by several orders of magnitude widely used in different applications. Recently, Q-switching and mode-locking realized in an identical laser cavity with saturable absorbers was reported. The analysis of pulse conversion is helpful for us to further understand the pulse dynamics of a laser. In this paper, the pulse evolution from Q-switching, Q-switched mode-locking to mode-locking, is demonstrated by using a tungsten trioxide saturable absorber in a ring-cavity erbium-doped fiber laser. Firstly, self-started Q-switching at 1563 nm is observed, the repetition rate continuously increases, and the duration decreases when the pump power increased. Then, with an adjusting intra-cavity state of polarization under a high pump power level, stable Q-switched mode-locking pulses evolved from Q-switching, are observed. The amplitude of the emerged pulse sequence with a period of 36.8 ns, determined by cavity length, is modulated by the Q-switched envelope with the period of 10.3 μs. By optimizing the intracavity polarization carefully, stable continuous wave mode-locking operation is achieved eventually. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first experimental demonstration of Q-switching and mode-locking, respectively, in an identical transition-metal-oxides-based pulsed fiber laser without modification of cavity structure.

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Tan, X., Liu, Y., Zheng, Y., Xie, Z., & Hu, G. (2022). Revealing the Evolution from Q-Switching to Mode-Locking in an Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser Using Tungsten Trioxide Saturable Absorber. Photonics, 9(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics9120962

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