Experimental study of sideband generation in femtosecond fiber lasers

Author

Dennis, Michael L. ; Duling, Irl N., III

Author_Institution

Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA

Volume

30

Issue

6

fYear

1994

fDate

6/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1469

Lastpage

1477

Abstract

We present a thorough experimental investigation of the phenomenon of soliton resonance sideband generation in femtosecond fiber lasers. The dependence of the sideband wavelengths on the dispersion and pulse length is confirmed. Third order dispersion is found to play a significant role in determining the sideband spectrum. We show that the minimum pulse length obtained in a fiber laser is determined by the cavity dispersion and relate this to loss into the sidebands. We show how the sideband spectrum can be used as a diagnostic of the fiber parameters and of the formation of ultrashort pulses in the laser

Keywords

fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; optical dispersion; optical fibres; optical losses; optical solitons; cavity dispersion; diagnostic; femtosecond fiber lasers; loss; pulse length; sideband generation; soliton resonance; third order dispersion; ultrashort pulses; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Optical fiber polarization; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Resonance; Ring lasers; Solitons;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.299472

Filename

299472