Title :
Selfstarting passively mode-locked fibre ring soliton laser exploiting nonlinear polarisation rotation
Author :
Matsas, V.J. ; Newson, T.P. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Payne, David N.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron Res. Center, Southampton Univ., UK
fDate :
7/16/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Nonlinear birefringence effects in a fibre ring laser cavity have been exploited to produce selfstarting, passive mode-locking to give 1.5 ps soliton pulses.
Keywords :
birefringence; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; nonlinear optics; optical rotation; ring lasers; solitons; 1.5 ps; fibre ring laser cavity; fibre ring soliton laser; nonlinear birefringence effects; nonlinear polarisation rotation; passive mode-locking; self starting; soliton pulses;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19920885
