0.1-1-THz High-Repetition-Rate Femtosecond Pulse Generation From Quasi-CW Dual-Pumped All-Fiber Phase-Locked Kerr Combs

We report the generation of tunable high-repetition-rate (0.1-1 THz) femtosecond pulses based on a quasi-continuous wave (CW) dual-pumped all-fiber cascaded four-wave-mixing (FWM) scheme without requiring a cavity resonator. By synchronously injecting two pulse-modulated lasers into an 85-m-long dis...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE photonics journal 2016-04, Vol.8 (2), p.1-7
Hauptverfasser: Luo, Zhengqian, Zhong, Min, Ruan, Qiujun, Huang, Yizhong, Guo, Changlei, Xu, Huiying, Che, Kaijun, Xu, Bin, Cai, Zhiping
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Zusammenfassung:We report the generation of tunable high-repetition-rate (0.1-1 THz) femtosecond pulses based on a quasi-continuous wave (CW) dual-pumped all-fiber cascaded four-wave-mixing (FWM) scheme without requiring a cavity resonator. By synchronously injecting two pulse-modulated lasers into an 85-m-long dispersion-flat highly nonlinear fiber, cascaded FWM processes under only ~30-mW average pump power are efficiently initiated to form the Kerr frequency combs near 1.56 μm. Phase locking of the Kerr combs is confirmed by real-time measurements using an autocorrelator, and stable ultrashort pulse trains are observed. The pulse repetition rate can be tuned continuously in the range of 0.1~1 THz by controlling the wavelength spacing between the two pump lasers. The pulse duration can be correspondingly adjusted from 1.66 ps to 262 fs. Such quasi-CW dual-pumped all-fiber cascaded-FWM frequency combs with the advantages of compactness and flexibility could provide a practical solution for generating ultrahigh-repetition-rate femtosecond pulses.
ISSN:1943-0655
1943-0647
DOI:10.1109/JPHOT.2016.2538088