Mode-locked parabolic Raman fiber oscillator

Author

Aguergaray, C. ; Kruglov, V.I. ; Méchin, D. ; Harvey, J.D.

Author_Institution

Phys. Dept., Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

fYear

2009

fDate

4-8 Oct. 2009

Firstpage

615

Lastpage

616

Abstract

The generation of self-similar parabolic pulses (similaritons) has so far only been obtained in single-pass Raman amplifier configurations or in rare-earth doped fiber lasers. We report here the first demonstration of a mode-locked parabolic pulse fiber laser, which can potentially be run at any wavelength using Raman gain. This new all-fiber ring similariton laser scheme has been designed with the aid of a full theoretical model of its operation. The output similariton pulses of the laser have a true parabolic shape and a linear chirp.

Keywords

chirp modulation; laser mode locking; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse generation; Raman amplifier configurations; Raman gain; linear chirp; mode locked laser; parabolic Raman fiber oscillator; parabolic pulse fiber laser; rare-earth doped fiber lasers; self-similar parabolic pulse generation; similaritons; Doped fiber amplifiers; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Ring lasers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE

Conference_Location

Belek-Antalya

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3680-4

Electronic_ISBN

1092-8081

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343424

Filename

5343424