Abstract
We report on a passively mode-locked all-fiber laser oscillator at based on heavily doped phosphate-glass active fiber. An active fiber only long is sufficient to produce as much as of average output power directly from the oscillator. The width of the mode-locked pulses varies from at the lowest output power in the mode-locked state to at the highest power. Our picosecond laser oscillator features a high repetition rate of and high peak pulse power of . The oscillator combines the convenience of all-fiber construction with power performance that was previously achievable only with mode-locked bulk-optic laser oscillators or more complex systems involving fiber amplifiers.
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