Title :
Soliton train generation in a dual channel mode-locked fiber laser
Author :
Buah, P.A. ; Rahman, B.M.A. ; Grattan, K.T.V.
Author_Institution :
Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
Abstract :
The generation of a high-quality train of soliton-like pulses at a high repetition rate is demonstrated based on an active three-core nonlinear directional coupler switch. The method is founded on the round trip propagation of a dual-frequency cw signal with sinusoidal modulation through a passively mode locked fiber laser with two output channels. A finite-element algorithm, which is described in detail, was used to simulate the mode-locking action of the coupler
Keywords :
laser mode locking; active three-core nonlinear directional coupler switch; dual channel mode-locked fiber laser; dual-frequency cw signal; finite-element algorithm; high repetition rate; high-quality soliton like pulse train generation; mode-locking action; optical soliton train generation; output channels; passively mode locked fiber laser; round trip propagation; sinusoidal modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Solitons (Ref. No. 1999/016), IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
DOI :
10.1049/ic:19990066
