Simultaneous generation of wavelength tunable two-colored femtosecond soliton pulses using optical fibers

Author

Nishizawa, N. ; Okamura, R. ; Goto, T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Quantum Eng., Nagoya Univ., Japan

Volume

11

Issue

4

fYear

1999

fDate

4/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

421

Lastpage

423

Abstract

Wavelength tunable two-colored femtosecond (fs) soliton pulse generation is proposed and demonstrated for the first time, using passively mode-locked fs fiber laser and polarization maintaining fibers. The wavelengths of the two soliton pulses can be changed arbitrarily by varying the power and polarization direction of the fiber-input pulse. Ideal two colored soliton pulses in which the pulsewidths are about 200 fs are generated in the wavelength region of 1.56-1.70 μm for 110-m fiber. The generated pulses are almost transform-limited ones.

Keywords

colour; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical pulse generation; optical solitons; 1.56 to 1.7 mum; 110 m; 200 fs; colored soliton pulses; fiber-input pulse; generated pulses; optical fibers; passively mode-locked fs fiber laser; polarization direction; polarization maintaining fibers; pulsewidths; soliton pulses; transform-limited; wavelength tunable two-colored femtosecond soliton pulses; wavelength tunable two-colored fs soliton pulse generation; Birefringence; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Tunable circuits and devices; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.752535

Filename

752535