FM mode-locked fiber lasers operating in the autosoliton regime

Author

Usechak, Nicholas G. ; Agrawal, Govind P. ; Zuegel, Jonathan D.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Opt., Rochester Univ., NY, USA

Volume

41

Issue

6

fYear

2005

fDate

6/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

753

Lastpage

761

Abstract

A high-repetition-rate ytterbium fiber laser, harmonically mode-locked using a phase modulator, is investigated experimentally, numerically, and analytically. Experimental results agree well with numerical simulations using the measured parameter values. By employing a few approximations, our model is cast in terms of a Ginzberg-Landau equation. This equation has known analytic solutions that agree well with the results of the full model in the appropriate limit. Pulse stability is also investigated numerically with an emphasis on the role of third-order dispersion.

Keywords

Ginzburg-Landau theory; fibre lasers; frequency modulation; laser mode locking; laser stability; optical dispersion; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; optical solitons; phase modulation; ytterbium; FM mode-locking; Ginzberg-Landau equation; autosoliton; phase modulator; pulse stability; third-order dispersion; ytterbium fiber laser; Equations; Fiber lasers; Frequency modulation; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Pulse modulation; Solitons; Autosolitons; FM mode-locked lasers; fiber lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JQE.2005.846695

Filename

1432962