Method of Generating Femtosecond Cylindrical Vector Beams Using Broadband Mode Converter

作者:Wang, Feng; Shi, Fan; Wang, Teng; Pang, Fufei; Wang, Tingyun; Zeng, Xianglong*
来源:IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 2017, 29(9): 747-750.
DOI:10.1109/LPT.2017.2682926

摘要

We experimentally obtain femtosecond cylindrical vector beams based on a mode-locked fiber laser (MLFL) by using a fused few-mode coupler. Pulses of 300 fs duration with radially and azimuthally polarized modes are directly delivered at the central wavelength of 1566 nm. The fused few-mode fiber coupler inserted inside the cavity acts as a mode converter from LP01 mode to LP11 mode with a wide bandwidth over 100 nm. The proof-of-concept generation of femtosecond cylindrical vector beams is efficient and useful in MLFLs.