title: Multi-gigahertz repetition-rate-selectable passive harmonic mode locking of a fiber laser.
abstract: We demonstrate a passive harmonically mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser that operates at selectable harmonics spanning from the 6th to the 928th, which corresponds to repetition rates ranging from 153 MHz to 22.2 GHz. The noteworthy laser output stability is attested by supermode suppression levels as large as 41 dB. The influence of a continuous wave background on harmonics stability is tested.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, UMR 6303 CNRS, Université de Bourgogne, 9 avenue A Savary, BP 47870 Dijon Cedex 21078, France. caroline.lecaplain@u-bourgogne.fr
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lecaplain
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Grelu
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005246:Feedback; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State