Pulse dropout in harmonically mode-locked fiber lasers

Author

Horowitz, Moshe ; Menyuk, Curtis R. ; Carruthers, Thomas F. ; Duling, Irl N., III

Volume

12

Issue

3

fYear

2000

fDate

3/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

266

Lastpage

268

Abstract

We have studied theoretically and experimentally supermode competition in an actively mode-locked Er-fiber laser that operates in a high harmonic mode. Using an innovative numerical technique that allows us to properly account for the complex interaction of multiple pulses with the gain media, we could study the dynamics that leads to supermode competition, pulse dropouts, and pulse pair generation, and to accurately predict the limits of the stable operating regime.

Keywords

erbium; fibre lasers; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser modes; laser theory; numerical analysis; optical pulse generation; optical solitons; Er-fiber laser; actively mode-locked laser; complex interaction; dynamics; gain media; harmonically mode-locked fiber lasers; high harmonic mode; innovative numerical technique; multiple pulses; operating regime limits; pulse dropout; pulse dropouts; pulse pair generation; stable operating regime; supermode competition; Computer science; Fiber lasers; Laboratories; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Performance gain; Pulse amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.826909

Filename

826909