Title :
Polarization-locked vector solitons in a fiber laser
Author :
Cundiff, S.T. ; Collings, B.C. ; Soto-Crespo, J.M. ; Akhmediev, N.N. ; Knox, W.H.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We show that solitons with a fixed state of polarization may be observed in a laser cavity filled with birefringent fiber. These vector solitons exist due to a balance between nonlinearity and dispersion as well as between loss and gain
Keywords :
birefringence; fibre lasers; optical fibre polarisation; optical solitons; birefringent fiber; fiber laser; laser cavity; polarization locked vector soliton; Australia; Birefringence; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Optical solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Nonlinear Optics '98: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications Topical Meeting
Conference_Location :
Kauai, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4950-4
DOI :
10.1109/NLO.1998.710239
