Actively mode-locked fiber laser using a deformable micromirror

Fabert Marc , Vincent Kermène (1) , Agnès Desfarges-Berthelemot (1) , Pierre Blondy (2) , Aurelian Crunteanu (2)

1 PHOTONIQUE
2 MINACOM

We present what we believe to be the first fiber laser system that is actively mode-locked by a deformable micromirror. The micromirror device is placed within the laser cavity and performs a dual function of modulator and end-cavity mirror. The mode-locked laser provides ∼1-ns-long pulses with 20 nJ/pulse energy at 5 MHz repetition rates.

Fabert Marc, Vincent Kermène, Agnès Desfarges-Berthelemot, Pierre Blondy, Aurelian Crunteanu. Actively mode-locked fiber laser using a deformable micromirror. Optics Letters, 2011, 36 (12), pp. 2191-2193. ⟨10.1364/OL.36.002191⟩. ⟨hal-00681870⟩