Analysis of a passively mode-locked self-starting all-fiber soliton laser

Author

Tzelepis, V. ; Markatos, S. ; Kalpogiannis, S. ; Sphicopoulos, Th. ; Caroubalos, C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf., Athens Univ., Greece

Volume

11

Issue

11

fYear

1993

fDate

11/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1729

Lastpage

1736

Abstract

Modeling results are presented for a passively mode-locked figure-eight laser (F8L) supporting a linear polarization state. Starting from amplified spontaneous emission, the model produces soliton, chirped, red-shifted, ultra-short pulses. The self-starting conditions of the laser are investigated, and the erbium-doped fiber amplifier gain threshold to passively mode-lock the laser is determined as a function of the center coupler splitting ratio (C_r). The influence of C_r, as well as the effects of the cavity length (L_c), first- and second-order group velocity dispersion to the F8L operating, parameters, and output pulse characteristics such as width, peak power, chirp, self-frequency shift and envelope distortion, are studied

Keywords

fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical dispersion; optical solitons; superradiance; amplified spontaneous emission; cavity length; center coupler splitting ratio; chirped; envelope distortion; erbium-doped fiber amplifier gain threshold; figure-eight laser; first-order group velocity dispersion; linear polarization state; output pulse characteristics; passively mode-locked self-starting all-fiber soliton laser; peak power; red-shifted; second-order group velocity dispersion; self-frequency shift; ultra-short pulses; Chirp; Dispersion; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical coupling; Polarization; Pulse amplifiers; Solitons; Spontaneous emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.251168

Filename

251168