Starting Dynamics of a Fully Electronically Controlled Linear Mamyshev Oscillator

Abstract

We start an environmentally-stable linear Mamyshev oscillator with electronically-controlled modulated pump and a moving filter. It delivers a 21-nJ pulse that becomes 65 fs in duration after a compressor. Reliable starting into stable mode-locking is found achievable with a modulated mode-locked state observed only when the modulation frequency is larger than 70 kHz. To avoid the damage of the gain fiber, two Faraday rotators are introduced. Besides, we have studied several aspects toward obtaining successful starting.