Title :
Polarization switching in stretched pulse fiber laser
Author :
Chengbo Mou ; Sergeyev, Sergey V. ; Arif, Raz ; Rozhin, Aleksey ; Kolpakov, Stanislav ; Zuxing Zhang ; Turitsyn, S.K.
Author_Institution :
Aston Inst. of Photonic Technol., Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK
Abstract :
We studied experimentally polarization dynamics in a carbon nanotube mode locked stretched pulse fiber laser. For the first time, polarization locked, regular and irregular polarization switching have been observed at the microsecond time scale.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; nanophotonics; optical fibre polarisation; optical switches; C; carbon nanotube mode locked stretched pulse fiber laser; microsecond time scale; polarization dynamics; polarization switching; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
