10 mJ dissipative soliton resonance square pulse in a dual amplifier figure of eight double clad Er:Yb mode locked fiber laser.
We demonstrate experimentally a double clad Er:Yb co doped dual amplifier passive mode locked figure of eight fiber laser that generates high energy, width, and amplitude tunable dissipative soliton resonance square pulses. In our laser system, each loop contains an amplifier that controls a characteristic of the output pulse. The amplitude and width of the output beam can be controlled continuously but, dependently, according to the pump power of each amplifier. The pulse width can be tuned in a range of almost 360 ns while the peak power varies from 8 to 120 W. On maximum possible pumping from both sides without having a pulse break, we report square pulses with 10 mJ energy per pulse with a signal to noise ratio of 60 dB.
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