Abstract

Simultaneous asynchronous mode locking of two wavelengths in a Nd³⁺-doped fiber laser is reported. The laser operates simultaneously at wavelengths of 1.060 and 1.100 μm, where carrier-type passive mode locking is employed for the shorter wavelength and Kerr-type passive mode locking is used for the longer wavelength. The difference between the two repetition rates may be varied over a range from several megahertz to 500 Hz, limited by the onset of pulse interactions at small difference frequencies.

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Widely tunable femtosecond neodymium fiber laser

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High-power neodymium soliton fiber laser that uses a chirped fiber grating

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