High-order mode lasing in all-FMF laser cavities

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2019-01-11
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Weexperimentallydemonstratetwokindsofallfew-modefiber(FMF)ringlaserswithhigh-ordermode(HOM)oscillationinthelasercavity.Onekindisaswitchable-wavelengthall-FMFHOMlaserwithanoutputoftunableopticalvortexbeams(OVBs);theotherisaQ-switchedall-FMFHOMlaserwithanoutputofpulsedcylindricalvectorbeams(CVBs).Thelasersarecomposedofall-FMFcomponentsandfew-modeerbium-dopedfiber.ASagnacinterferometermadeofa3dBFMFcouplerfunctionsasthewavelengthselector,andswitchablemultiwavelengthtunableOVBsareexperimentallyrealized.Carbonnanotube-basedsaturableabsorbersandthenonlinearpolarizationrotationtechniqueareusedtoachieveQ-switchedCVBlasers.Thisisthefirstreport,toourknowledge,onthegenerationofswitchable-wavelengthandQ-switchedHOMbeamsinall-FMFlasercavities.